Airports / Virginia / DAN
Danville Regional Airport
KDAN / DANDanville, VirginiaELEV 571 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
37 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lake Country Regional Airport (KW63) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Danville, Virginia, Danville Regional Airport (KDAN / DAN) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 571 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
DAN has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lake Country Regional Airport (KW63, 37 nm), Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO, 41 nm), and Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field (LYH, 46 nm).
Quotes for flights out of DAN vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from DAN, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KDAN
IATA
DAN
FAA / Local
DAN
Elevation
571 ft
Coordinates
36.5729° N · 79.3361° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs VA fields
state range 10–3,793 ft
At 571 ft, DAN sits higher than 68% of the 38 Virginia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 37nmKW63Lake Country Regional AirportClarksville
- 41nmGSOPiedmont Triad International AirportGreensboro
- 46nmLYHLynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldLynchburg
- 49nmRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportRaleigh/Durham
- 50nmINTSmith Reynolds AirportWinston Salem
- 55nmROARoanoke–Blacksburg Regional AirportRoanoke
Location
Open the full mapKDAN · Danville Regional Airport · Danville, VA
From the ramp
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