# Dodge City Regional Airport (DDC)

> Dodge City, US · IATA: DDC · ICAO: KDDC · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `DDC` |
| ICAO | `KDDC` |
| City | Dodge City |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 791 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 37.76340, -99.96560 |

## Description

United Express, flown by SkyWest with CRJ200 regional jets, is the only scheduled carrier at Dodge City Regional Airport (IATA: DDC, ICAO: KDDC) in south-western Kansas - a single daily run to Denver, roughly 14 departures a week, supported under the federal Essential Air Service programme. Surrounding Ford County hosts Cargill and National Beef, together among the largest beef-processing operations in the world, yet that meat leaves by refrigerated truck and rail rather than by air. The airport has no freight terminal, no cargo handling and no customs post for export consignments. Chilled export product therefore moves as truckload to intermodal terminals and seaports, helped by the BNSF main line through Dodge City and by highways US-50 and US-56. Genuinely urgent shipments - breeding material, laboratory samples, plant spare parts - are trucked to Wichita Eisenhower (ICT, about 260 kilometres east) or the Denver hub (DEN, roughly 570 kilometres north-west), where clearance also takes place. For forwarders, DDC is a passenger feeder in a region that runs on trucks and railcars.

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