Dodge City Regional
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Dodge City Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Dodge City, 3 miles east of Dodge City, Kansas, 2,596 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 6,899 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 38 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 24,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7,585 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KDDC · observed 4:52 pm CDT (21:52 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 11 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 8 miles
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 13 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm CDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am CDT (09:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDDC 062152Z AUTO 20011G21KT 8SM CLR 30/12 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP114 T03000122
TAF KDDC 061720Z 0618/0718 21013G22KT P6SM SKC FM070100 19007KT P6SM FEW250 FM070900 26005KT P6SM SKC
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 DDC · ICAO KDDC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Dodge City
- Elevation
- 2,596 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 6,899 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 4,650 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,329 ft available for landing
- Runway 32: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 569 ft, 6,329 ft available for landing
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Ddc and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 | |
| Garden City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.2 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 620-501-5064.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 24,200, 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 Dodge City from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Dodge City, Kansas: 26 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Runway ends 02 and 20 not vsb from opposite ends.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 14; runway end identifier lights runway 32; PAPI runway 02 and 20, VASI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 and 02/20 - the common traffic frequency
- Runway 02/20 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Taxiway B between east side runway 14/32 and approach end runway 20, taxiway B south end of south apron and approach approach end of runway 02 and taxiway B1 unusable by air carrier.
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.