DE Kalb Taylor Municipal
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DE Kalb Taylor Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Dekalb, 2 miles east of De Kalb, Illinois, 913 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 7,026 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KDKB · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 16 knots, gusting to 22
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KDKB 061935Z AUTO 21016G22KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A2999 RMK AO2 T02230074
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 DKB · ICAO KDKB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Dekalb
- Elevation
- 913 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to February, every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; March to October, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 7,026 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 4,201 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), rr 21 ft high 1,237 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,464 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.5 | |
| Dkb and aWOS-3 | 119.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 815-748-2350.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in De Kalb from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list De Kalb, IL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 16 since 1982, 2 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 preset low intst, to incr intst and activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27, PAPI runways 09 and 27, runway end identifier lights runways 09, 27, and 20, and approach lights (MALSR) runway 02 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 02 and 20 operate 24 hours.
- 100LL 24 hour self serve with credit card
- Prfered calm wind runway 02
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.