METAR & TAF KDOV
Current METAR
Observed 02:55Z
KDOV 120255Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM FEW110 SCT140 SCT180 28/20 A2977 RMK AO2 PK WND 25028/20 LTG DSNT N RAB28E39 SLP084 P0000 60000 T02760199 52009
- Wind
- 280° @ 5 kt
- Visibility
- 10 SM
- Temp / Dew
- 28°C / 20°C
- Altimeter
- 29.77 inHg
- Clouds
- SCT
- Density alt
- 1,782 ft
- Ceiling
- Unlimited
- Rules
- VFR
Airport info & contacts
Manager on record, flight service, ARTCC, attendance schedule and pattern altitude — published by the FAA and refreshed every 28 days.
Location
- From city
- 3 NM E
- VFR sectional
- WASHINGTON
- ARTCC
- ZDC · WASHINGTON
- NOTAM facility
- DOV (NOTAM-D)
Airport manager
- Name
- CHIEF AFLD MANAGEMENT/ MR HETTEROTH
- Phone
- 302-677-4183
- Address
- DOVER AFB, DOVER DE 19901
Flight service · Hours
- FSS MIV
- MILLVILLE1-800-WX-BRIEF
- Attendance
- ALL
Frequencies
Tap any row to copy the frequency to your clipboard.
Runways & pattern
Full pagePattern entry · RWY 32
LEFT TRAFFIC| Runway | Heading (°M) | Length | Surface | Traffic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32Favored | 114° / 294° | 12,903 ft | ASPH-CONC | Standard L |
| 01/19 | 351° / 171° | 9,602 ft | CONC | Standard L |
Runway end performance
| End | TORA | TODA | ASDA | LDA | VGSI | Approach lights | Obstruction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 12,903' | 12,903' | 12,903' | 8,653' | PAPI 4-box left(3°) | — | — |
| 32 | 9,670' | 9,670' | 12,903' | 12,903' | PAPI 4-box left(2.93°) | — | — |
| 01 | — | — | — | — | PAPI 4-box left(3°) | ALSF2 | — |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | PAPI 4-box left(3°) | ALSF1 | — |
Declared distances in feet. TORA = takeoff run available, TODA = takeoff distance, ASDA = accelerate-stop, LDA = landing distance.
Airport sketch
Runways drawn to scale from FAA survey coordinates, rendered over satellite imagery. Not for navigation.
Approaches & charts
ILS · 2
Services on the field
Fuel grades, oxygen, maintenance, ramp storage and lighting — as declared to the FAA by the airport operator.
Fuel & services
- Fuel
- A+J8
- Oxygen (bottled)
- Low pressure
- Oxygen (bulk)
- Low pressure
- Airframe repair
- Major
- Power plant repair
- Major
- Other services
- CARGO
Ramp & ground
- Transient storage
- Hangar
- Customs
- Not available
- Beacon schedule
- SS-SR
- Beacon
- White / Green (civil land)(WG)
- Segmented circle
- No
Fuel & FBOs
Cheapest 100LL and Jet A on the field and nearby. Always confirm with the FBO before taxi.
Airport notes
Surface conditions, obstructions, local procedures, lighting outages and other notes published with each FAA cycle.
General notes
- SERVICE: AOE.
- LGT PAPI COINCIDENTAL WITH ILS GS RY 01/19 AND WITH TACAN VDP RY 01/19, 32 FOR H PAPI GT GP 4 ACFT ONLY. PAPI PROVIDES PROPER TCH FOR HGT GP 4 ACFT ONLY.
- JASU: (ADAPTERS NOT AVBL.) 3(MA-1A) (M32A-86).
- OIL: 0-133-148 SOAP.
- TRAN ALERT: OPR H24.
- RSTD: ALL ACFT WITH HAZ MATERIAL/RQR REMOTE/ISOLATED PRK WILL CTC 436 APS EXPLOSIVE HANDLING SECTION DSN 445-2304 1230-2130Z++ OR ATOC DUTY OFFICER DSN 445-2300 2130-1230Z++ FOR PPR. BASE OPS DSN 445-2861/4192, C302-677-2861/4192.
- RSTD: ALL INBD PAX/CARGO MUST CTC COMD POST NO LATER THAN 30 MIN PRIOR TO LDG. RY 32 TKOF DIST AVBL 10,070 FT.
- RSTD: ACFT TAXIING OUT OF MAIN RAMP USING TAXI LANE L BTN DELTA ROW AND SPOT ECHO MUST USE MIN PWR AND IN-BOARD ENG ONLY (C5 ACFT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 40 PERCENT N1 RPM) WHEN TURNING ONTO TAXI LANE A.
- CAUTION: POSSIBLE JET WAKE TURBULENCE IN TFC PAT & C5 JET BLAST DUR GND OPR. SPECIAL HAZ EXIST FOR WIDE BODY ACFT TAXIING FM RAMP. 'FOLLOWW ME TRUCK' RQR FOR ALL MOVEMENTS ON RAMP BY NON C5 TRAN ACFT, TRAN C5 FLW ME SVC AVBL O/R.
- CAUTION: TREE LINE E OF RY 19 APCH END MAY CAUSE WIND SHEAR DUR LDG WHEN WIND IS FR SE. BA LESS THAN OPTIMUM WHEN RY IS WET DUE TO RUBBER BUILD-UP.
- NS ABTMT: STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH PRO RQR.
- FIRST 4250 FT RWY 14 AND FIRST 1650 FT RWY 32 GROOVED CONCRETE, MIDDLE 7000 FT ASPHALT.
- FLUID; SP PRESAIR LPOX LOX.
- CAUTION: HIGH SPEED, LOW ALTITUDE HEAVY JET TRAFFIC WITH 10 NM OF DOVER.
- AFLD MANAGEMENT HAS LTD AMOUNT OF STORAGE FOR CLASIFIED MATERIAL. SIZE LTD TO SMALL BACKPACKS OR SMALLER ONLY. BASE OPERATIONS HAS LIMITED AMOUNT OF STORAGE FOR CLASSIFIED MATERIAL, SIZE LIMITED TO SMALL BACKPACK OR SMALLER ONLY. BASE OPS HAS NO COMSEC TO TRAN AIRCREWS. TRAN AIRCREWS SHOULD PLAN TO ARR WITH APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF COMSEC TO COMPLETE ENTIRE MSN.
- RSTD: NON-DOD CIVIL ACFT OPERATIONS 72 HR PPR BY CONTACTING (302) 571-6375.
- TWY DELTA EDGE LGTS 40 FT FROM TWY EDGE BTN RWY 32 HOLD LINE & RWY 01/19.
- MISC RWY 32 FIRST 2000 FT, MIDDLE 1500 FT 1000 FT SE OF TWY C AND LAST 1000 FT CONC REMAINDER OF RWY ASPHALT.
- USAF ARFF MEETS ALL EMERG RESPONSE TIMES. ARFF IS CAT 6 FIREFIGHTING AGENT (12.1K) LEVEL WITH NFPA CAT 10 STAFFING LEVEL (13). SUFFICIENT CAPABILITY IS PROVIDED FOR INITIAL RESPONSE, SCENE ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MITIGATION TACTICS.
- RWY 32 WINDS DERIVED FROM APCH END OF RWY 01. RWY 14 WINDS DERIVED FROM APCH END OF RWY 19.
- RSTD: CONTACT AIRFIELD MANAGEMENT DSN 445-2861 FOR BIRD WATCH CONDITIONS (BWC).
- RSTD: PPR EXC AMC, SAM, DOD COURIER SVC AND EVAC MSN DSN 445-2861.
- CAUTION: 5 CIV ARPT LCTD WITHIN 10 NM RAD.
- RWY 32 ASSAULT LDG ZONE (ALZ) NSTD AFLD MRK CONSISTING OF WHITE BOX (500 FT X 90 FT) BEGINNING 500 FT FR THLD WITH WHITE BAR 3000 FT FR END OF BOX. AFLD IS TERPS FROM SFC (GRD LEVEL), DER CROSSING HGT 0 FT.
- MISC: JET SIDE SERVICE 1-STOP SHOP PRINTS INTEGRATED FMS CREW PACKAGES.
- COMMUNICATIONS-PMSV METRO: WX FLT DSN 445-4175/4176, C302-677-4175/4176. IF FCSTR IS OUT OF OFFICE AND DOES NOT ANSWER ON UHF CTC COMD POST DSN 445-4201, C302-677-4201 FOR FONE PATCH. IF FONE PATCH FAILS, CTC FRCSTR ON SBY FONE C302-922-2210. BLDG OBST MAY IMPACT PREVAILING VIS 150--260-. DUR EVAC OF WX FLT CTC 15 OWS AT DSN 576-9690, C618-256-9690. ALTN WX LCTN VIS SLIGHTLY LTD DUE TO BLDG AND PRK ACFT. ATC WILL SUPPLEMENT OBSN AS NEEDED.
- NSTD MRK - C17 STAR TURN MRK LCTD ON TWY A AT INT OF TWY D (2 WHITE STRIPES 100' APART, 190' LENGTH X 1' WIDE. C17 BACKING DEMONSTRATION ZONE MRK ON TWY C BTN RWY 14/32 AND TWY B. MRK WILL BE WHITE AND VARY IN WIDTH AND GEOMETRY.
- MISC: RWY COND CODE NOT RPRTD.
- MISC: B747 (ALL SERIES) MUST ARR WITH TOW BAR.
- COMM COMD POST: CALL SIGN FIRST OPS.
- CAUTION: C-17 ACFT WINGTIP TRNG LINES ON TAXI LANE L IN FRONT OF PRK SPOT E. C-5 ACFT WINGTIP TRNG LINES ON TAXI LANE L BTN PRK SPOT D2 AND E. C-5 AND C-17 WING TIP TRNG SIGN LCTD OFF OF TWY G. SIGNS DEPICT 10 FT AND 25 FT WING TIP CLNC.
- CAUTION: SFC PAINTED APN ENTRANCE POINT MRKGS EXIST ON HAZ CARGO RAMP, SOUTH RAMP AND CHRISTMAS TREE RAMP. TWY D BTN RWY 01/19 AND HAZ CARGO PAD DOES NOT HAVE SHOULDER MRKGS.
- RSTD: DIGNIFIED TRANSFER MISSIONS CONTACT 436 AW/CP FOR ADVANCE COORDINATION AND TO OBTAIN A CURRENT COPY OF DT AIRCREW BROCHURE.
Other notes
- ARFF INDEX APPLIES ONLY TO THE DOVER CIVIL AIR TERMINAL. 72 HRS PPR IS RQRD FOR ALL CIVILIAN ACFT OPNS THAT NEED TO USE THE DOVER CIVIL AIR TERMINAL; CALL 302-736-6614.
- RECTANGULAR 1500 FT, OVERHEAD 2500 FT. AERO CLUB/LGT ACFT 1000 FT.
VFR map & nearby airports
VFR sectional. Tap any ICAO chip to open that airport.
Key facts · KDOV
Answer card- ICAO
- KDOV
- Name
- DOVER AFB
- Location
- DOVER, DELAWARE
- Elevation
- 28.9 ft MSL
- Traffic pattern altitude
- 1,028.9 ft MSL (1,000 AGL)
- Control tower
- Towered · 24
- Total runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 14/32 · 12,903 ft
- Published ILS approaches
- 2
- Published frequencies
- 16
- Magnetic variation
- 12°
- Current flight rules
- VFR
- Current wind
- 280° at 5 kt
- Favored runway now
- RWY 32
Dover AFB sits in Dover, Delaware at 28.9 ft MSL. It has two runways. The longest is 14/32 at 12,903 ft. The tower is open 24 hours. Two ILS approaches are published for runway ends 01 and 19. Pattern altitude is not published, so use the standard 1,000 ft AGL for light piston operations unless the current Chart Supplement says otherwise.
This is a military field with prior permission required for most traffic. Contact the airport operator or the field directly before planning a civilian arrival. The published remarks also say noise abatement requires strict compliance. Expect close attention to ramp movement. Non-C5 transport aircraft need a follow-me truck for all ramp movements. The remarks also call out possible jet wake turbulence in the pattern. They also mention C-5 jet blast on the ground, plus wind shear risk near the runway 19 approach end when winds are from the southeast.
No on-field FBOs are listed. Verify fuel and handling options with the airport operator or the FBO directly by phone before departure. If you are flying a larger aircraft, note the taxi lane wingtip markings and the caution areas near parking spots D2, E and taxiway G. The field also notes wet runway braking can be less than optimum because of rubber build-up. For current access rules, bird watch conditions and any special operating limits, check the current FAA Chart Supplement before you go.