Daniel Field Airport

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Daniel Field Airport
IATA: DNL – ICAO: KDNL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Augusta-Richmond County, GA
Location		Augusta, Georgia
Elevation AMSL		423 ft / 128.9 m
Coordinates		33°27′59.41″N 82°02′21.77″W / 33.4665028, -82.0393806
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	4,002	1220	Asphalt
11/29	3738	1139	Asphalt

Daniel Field Airport (IATA: DNL, ICAO: KDNL) is a public^[1] municipal airport located 1 mile west of Augusta, Georgia. This airport is publicly owned by Augusta-Richmond County, GA.

1 Facilities
2 Airlines
3 Piedmont Airlines “Wrong Airport” Incident
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Facilities

Daniel Field has two runways:

Runway 5/23: 4002 x 100 ft. / 1220 x 30 m, Surface: Asphalt
Runway 11/29: 3738 x 100 ft. / 1139 x 30 m, Surface: Asphalt

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Piedmont Airlines “Wrong Airport” Incident

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.^[2]