Duluth International Airport

Duluth International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Duluth, Minnesota
OperatorDuluth Airport Authority
ServesDuluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin (Twin Ports)
LocationSt Louis County, Minnesota, United States
Opened1930 (1930)
Elevation AMSL1,428 ft / 435 m
Coordinates46°50′32″N 092°11′37″W / 46.84222°N 92.19361°W / 46.84222; -92.19361
Websitewww.DuluthAirport.com
Map
DLH is located in Minnesota
DLH
DLH
Location of the airport in Minnesota
DLH is located in the United States
DLH
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DLH (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 10,591 3,228 Concrete
3/21 5,719 1,743 Asphalt
Statistics
Total Passengers (12 months ending November 2019)300,000
Aircraft operations (2018)63,483
Based aircraft (2020)88
Sources: Airport website,[1]FAA[2]

Duluth International Airport is an airport owned by the city of Duluth, Minnesota. The airport is used for military and commercial reasons.[2] It is the third busiest airport in Minnesota.[3]

History

Northwest Airlines began using the airport in 1940. In 1942, the airport stopped doing flights because of World War II.[4]

American Airlines began using the airport in 2019 for flights to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.[5] However, American Airlines stopped flights into Duluth International in April 2020, saying the airport had little demand.[6]

Airlines

These airlines fly to and from Duluth International;

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics + Financials".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 FAA Airport Master Record for DLH (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. effective October 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ "OST_R | BTS | Transtats". www.transtats.bts.gov.
  4. ↑ "About".
  5. ↑ Jan 23rd 2019 - 5pm, Adelie Bergstrom |. "American Airlines comes to Duluth with nonstop service to Chicago". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved 2020-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "American Airlines ending its Duluth-Chicago flights". MPR News. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Delta Route Map". Delta Air Lines. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  8. ↑ Painter, Kristen. "Sun Country adds 18 new routes, expanding just as some pandemic vouchers near expiration". Star Tribune. Star Tribune. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "United Route Timetables". United Airlines. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2020.