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Notable Aircraft at DTL Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the DTL pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

DTL Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Detroit Lakes Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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Top Airlines at DTL Right Now

2 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 04:06 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Delta Air Lines
2
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

AIRBUS A-321 and BOEING 737-900 are tied at the top of the DTL pattern with 1 aircraft each. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

Snapshot from 04:06 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
A321
AIRBUS A-321
1
B739
BOEING 737-900

About Detroit Lakes Airport

DTL's busiest nonstop destination is FAR, at 1 flights a week. 1 scheduled destinations overall, served by 1 airline. Based in Detroit Lakes.

Elevation
1,397ft
Routes
1
Airlines
1
Busiest Route
DTL → FAR
1x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the DTL radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
DLDL 2954 B739 32,000 439kt 15nm 2436
DLDL 949 A321 35,000 489kt 17nm 1543

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every few minutes. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's position at broadcast time.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the DTL radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for DTL traffic actually reflect DTL traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Positions refresh every few minutes. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.