Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport
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| IATA: DKK – ICAO: KDKK – FAA LID: DKK | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Chautauqua County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Dunkirk, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 693 ft / 211 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°29′36″N 079°16′19″W / 42.49333°N 79.27194°W | ||||||||||||||
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Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport (IATA: DKK, ICAO: KDKK, FAA LID: DKK) is a county-owned public-use airport in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Dunkirk, New York.[1]
Airport
Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport covers an area of 450 acres (180 ha) at an elevation of 693 feet (211 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) and 15/33 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 19, 2006, the airport had 37,548 aircraft operations, an average of 102 per day: 94% general aviation and 5% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 41 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, 2% jet and 2% helicopter.[1]
Accidents And Incidents
- On July 16 2015 a Cessna 162 with only 1 pilot on board crashed shortly after takeoff from Dunkirk, there was a mechanical issue with the plane causing it to crash shortly after takeoff, the pilot escaped from the wreckage and was later brought to hospital. The plane suffered major damage and was put out of service.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for DKK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ↑ http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/local/2015/07/16/report-of-a-small-plane-down-near-dunkirk-airport/30241953/
External links
- Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport (DKK) at New York State DOT airport directory
- Airport page at Chautauqua County website
- Dunkirk Aviation Sales & Service, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
- Aerial photo as of 21 April 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for DKK, effective November 10, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for DKK
- AirNav airport information for KDKK
- ASN accident history for DKK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures