Daviess County
DCY · KDCY · Washington, Indiana · Daviess County · map
Daviess County is a public-use airport owned by Daviess County Boac, 3 miles northeast of Washington, Indiana, 472 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 26 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 2,803 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KDCY · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDCY 062235Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 23/08 A3001 RMK AO2 T02260077
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DCY · ICAO KDCY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Daviess County Boac
- Elevation
- 472 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1965
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,651 × 150 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, crops 10 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, crops 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 09: crops 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 403 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.6 | |
| Dcy and aWOS-3PT | 119.075 | |
| Evansville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 812-257-8889.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,803, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Washington from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Washington, Indiana: 12 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 10 feet crops 70 feet from runway end 75 feet L and R.
- Self serve fuel available.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.