KDUA is the ICAO code for Durant Regional Airport - Eaker Field (IATA DUA), located in Durant, OK.
Durant Regional Airport - Eaker Field (KDUA) is a medium airport in Durant, OK. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KDUA or IATA code DUA. It sits in North America.
Durant Regional Airport - Eaker Field is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,800-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 6,800 ft (2,073 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.
Durant Regional Airport - Eaker Field sits near sea level at 699 ft.
Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 111 departing and 139 arriving private-jet legs at KDUA across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KDUA are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.
Durant Regional Airport–Eaker Field is three miles (5 km) south of Durant, Oklahoma. It was established in September 1943. The airport is home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University's Aviation Sciences Institute.
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