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Vermilion Regional

DNV · KDNV · Danville, Illinois · Vermilion County · map

Vermilion Regional is a public-use airport, 4 miles northeast of Danville, Illinois, 697 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 6,006 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).

The airport

Codes
FAA DNV · ICAO KDNV
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
697 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, 7:00 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
On the chart
Chicago sectional
Magnetic variation
1W
In the FAA's files since
March 1951

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

032116341230N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
03/216,006 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodHigh-intensity lights
16/343,999 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
12/302,500 × 150 ftGrass, good
  • Runway 03: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 39 ft high 1,529 ft from the end
  • Runway 21: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
  • Runway 16: VASI, two boxes on the left
  • Runway 34: VASI, two boxes on the left

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.7
Clearance delivery121.7
Approach and departure121.35
Dnv and aWOS-3119.275

Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 217-442-4660.

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 Danville from the FAA register

34 aircraft are registered to owners in Danville, Illinois: 21 piston singles, 8 balloons, 3 gliders, 2 helicopters. 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:

Illini Glider Club 3Ma Aviation LLC 2Bilco Air LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 2 fatal

2022-10-02CEN23LA002 · Champion 7Kcab N869TT · accident · no injuries
2011-02-07CEN11LA178 · Beech A36 N6XZ · accident · no injuries
2001-11-08CHI02LA022 · Smith Aerostar 601 N128AC · accident · no injuries
2000-11-27CHI01FA043 · Piper Pa-28R-180 N4541J · accident · 4 killed
1999-12-10CHI00FA039 · Cessna 310N N5038Q · accident · 2 killed
1986-08-03CHI86FEV04 · Pate Quickie N24RP · accident · minor injuries
1982-07-05CHI82DA235 · Grumman American Aa-1C N9830U · accident · minor injuries

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

  • Extensive glider operations weekends.
  • High-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 preset low intst - to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 21; VASI runways 03, 16 and 34; PAPI runway 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Rod hightower
  • Air cargo part 135 flight departures ngtly 2200, arrivals daily 0600 Monday through Saturday.

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.