Is it safe to fly to/from Decatur Airport (DEC)?

DEC has 4 accidents (1 fatal accident, 1 death, last 2010) in the NTSB record, 2008–2025. Rate: 5.986 accidents per million departures (1.497 with fatalities) over 668,185 FAA-tracked departures.

AIRPORTS → DEC

DEC

Decatur Airport

Decatur, United States · KDEC

CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY

99.999993%

This is the worldwide boarding figure, not DEC's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. DEC's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.

FLIGHTS / YEAR

38.7M

DEATH RISK

1 / 13.7M boardings

SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED

AIRPORT FACTS

IATA / ICAODEC / KDEC

CityDecatur

CountryUnited States

Airport classMedium airport

Runways3

Longest runway2,590 m (8,496 ft)

Coordinates39.835, -88.866

Its longest runway beats 55% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports, public domain.

NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — DEC §

5.986

ACCIDENTS / MILLION DEPARTURES §

1.497

WITH FATALITIES §

4 accidents (1 fatal accident, 1 death, last 2010) over 668,185 FAA-tracked departures, 2008–2025. §

NTSB Aviation Accident Database (avall.mdb) FAA Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS/OPSNET), Airport Operations Standard Report

Checked 2026-07-10.

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Statistically Fine — DEC — Decatur Airport safety record
https://statisticallyfine.com/airport/DEC/
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EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT DEC DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →

BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓

These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real DEC arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.

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