Dalhart Municipal Airport

Dalhart Municipal Airport
Dalhart Municipal Airport
	1996 USGS Photo
	IATA: DHT; ICAO: KDHT; FAA LID: DHT;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Dalhart
Location	Hartley County, near Dalhart, Texas
Elevation AMSL	3,991 ft / 1,216 m
Coordinates	36°01′21″N 102°32′50″W / 36.02250°N 102.54722°WCoordinates: 36°01′21″N 102°32′50″W / 36.02250°N 102.54722°W
Map
	KDHT
Runways
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	22,750
Based aircraft	36
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Dalhart Municipal Airport (IATA: DHT, ICAO: KDHT, FAA LID: DHT) is three miles (5 km) southwest of Dalhart, Texas,^[1] a city straddling the border of Dallam and Hartley counties in the northwest corner of the Texas Panhandle.^[2]

The airport sees no airlines.

Facilities[]

The airport covers 1,206 acres (488 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 3/21 is 5,669 x 75 ft (1,728 x 23 m) and 17/35 is 6,400 x 75 ft (1,951 x 23 m).^[1]

In the year ending June 25, 2009 the airport had 22,750 aircraft operations, average 62 per day: 75% local general aviation, 25% transient general aviation, and <1% military. 30 aircraft are based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 17% multi-engine and 3% glider.^[1]

History[]

The airport was built by the Army and opened in May 1942 as Dalhart Army Airfield. Initially assigned to Army Air Forces Glider command, while under construction the command's temporary headquarters operated from a tent city in Amarillo.^[3]

Dalhart AAF closed in December 1945; the property went to the city. Several remaining buildings have been used as the Dalhart municipal airport.^[3]