Daniel Field Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Daniel Field


IATA = DNL
ICAO = KDNL
FAA = DNL
type = Public
owner-oper = City of Augusta
city-served = Augusta, Georgia
elevation-f = 423
elevation-m = 129
coordinates = coord|33|27|59|N|082|02|22|W|region:US_type:airport_scale:10000
website = [http://www.augustaga.gov/departments/airport_danielfield/home.asp www.augustaga.gov/...]
r1-number = 5/23
r1-length-f = 4,002
r1-length-m = 1,220
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 11/29
r2-length-f = 3,738
r2-length-m = 1,139
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 44,500
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 78
footnotes = Sources: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=DNL|use=PU|own=PU|site=03646.*A, effective 2008-07-31.]

Daniel Field airport codes|DNL|KDNL|DNL is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Augusta, a city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States. It is owned and operated by the City of Augusta. [http://www.augustaga.gov/departments/airport_danielfield/home.asp About Daniel Field] at City of Augusta web site.]

History

Daniel Field opened in 1927 on land purchased by the city of Augusta. It provided commercial service until 1952, when the airlines moved to Bush Field (now known as Augusta Regional Airport).

During World War II the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Warner Robins Air Service Command as a maintenance and supply airfield.

Facilities and aircraft

Daniel Field covers an area of 146 acres (59 ha) at an elevation of 423 feet (129 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 4,002 by 100 feet (1,220 x 30 m); 11/29 is 3,738 by 100 feet (1,139 x 30 m). The remnants of a third runway oriented north-south are clearly visible but have been closed and are marked with yellow Xs or converted to taxiway use.

Notably, Daniel Field is some 279 feet higher in elevation than the commercial Augusta airport, Augusta Regional Airport, as Daniel Field lies above the Piedmont – Coastal Plain fall line which descends steeply just south of Daniel Field. Augusta Regional Airport lies along the broad Savannah River floodplain.

Daniel Field has two large, fully enclosed hangers and a smaller open shelter. Augusta Aviation is the fixed base operator (FBO) on the field, offering fuel, parking, hangers, flight instruction, charters, and aircraft repair.

For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2006, the airport had 44,500 aircraft operations, an average of 121 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 78 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 1% jet and 1% helicopter.

Airlines

Daniel Field does not have regularly scheduled Part 121 Air Carrier service. Augusta Aviation, an on-field FBO, offers charter services as do other local and regional providers.

Incidents

Daniel Field is located 6.9 nautical miles northwest of Augusta’s commercial airport, Augusta Regional Airport. On the night of February 3, 1986, a Boeing 737-201/Advanced airliner operated by Piedmont Airlines landed on a 3,877 feet long Daniel Field runway instead of much longer runway at Augusta Regional Airport as intended. After skidding to a stop still on the runway, the crew and all 106 passengers were unharmed. Augusta Chronicle photos at the time showed passengers disembarking the aircraft at Daniel Field down a Piedmont truck-mounted air stair. An Augusta Chronicle photo appears to identify the aircraft involved as N772N "Peninsula Pacemaker". Local lore often recounts the flight as being operated by Delta Air Lines and includes stories of the interior being stripped and a special test flight crew being used to fly the aircraft out, though contemporary accounts recorded otherwise. [cite web
url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/101597/fea_daniel.html
title=A landing place in time - Daniel Field celebrates rich history
work=Augusta Chronicle
date=1997-10-15]

ee also

* Georgia World War II Army Airfields

References

External links

* [http://www.augustaga.gov/departments/airport_danielfield/home.asp Daniel Field] at City of Augusta web site
* [http://tomcat2.dot.state.ga.us/Aviation/Airport_Information/selected_airport.cfm?FAAIdentifier=DNL Daniel Field] at Georgia DOT Aviation web site
* [http://www.augustaaviation.com/ Augusta Aviation] , the fixed base operator (FBO)
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