Dover Air Force Base
DOV · KDOV · Dover, Delaware · Kent County · map
Dover Air Force Base is a public-use airport owned by Usaf, 3 miles east of Dover, Delaware, 29 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 12,903 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additive, JP-8).
Weather right now KDOV · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 35°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC), good until Wed 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the north at 9 knots, clear skies
- Changing between Wed 12:00 am EDT (04:00 UTC) and 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC) to: wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, clear skies
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDOV 062055Z AUTO 32007KT 10SM CLR 17/02 A3008 RMK AO2 VIS 1 7/8 RWY14 VIS 1 7/8 RWY19 SLP190 T01710019 57018
TAF KDOV 061600Z 0616/0722 35009KT 9999 SKC QNH3009INS BECMG 0704/0705 21006KT 9999 SKC QNH2990INS TX17/0620Z TN08/0710Z
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 DOV · ICAO KDOV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additive, JP-8
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 12,903 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 9,602 × 150 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 4,251 ft, 8,653 ft available for landing
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 19: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Digital ATIS | 127.825 | Dover |
| Clearance delivery | 125.55 | Dover |
| Ground | 118.875 | Dover |
| Tower | 126.35 | Dover |
| Approach and departure · Arlft and star Runway 30 | 132.425 | Dover |
| Approach (secondary) | 135.15 | Dover |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Dover |
| VFR and sequencing Service 25 NM out | 125.9 | Dover |
| Ground-controlled approach | 142.2 | Dover |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Dover from the FAA register
1,035 aircraft are registered to owners in Dover, Delaware: 474 piston singles, 217 business jets, 115 turboprops, 93 helicopters, 83 piston twins. 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 Delaware.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Rectangular 1500 feet, overhead 2500 feet. Aero club/light aircraft 1000 feet.
- Service: aoe.
- Light PAPI coincidental with ILS glideslope runway 01/19 and with tacan vdp runway 01/19, 32 for H PAPI GT GP 4 aircraft only. PAPI provides proper threshold crossing height for height GP 4 aircraft only.
- Jasu: (adapters not available.) 3(MA-1A) (M32A-86).
- Oil: 0-133-148 soap.
- Tran alert: operates H24.
- Restricted: aircraft taxiing out of main ramp using taxi lane L between delta row and spot echo must use minimum pwr and IN-BOARD eng only (C5 aircraft should not exceed 40 percent N1 rpm) when turning onto taxi lane a.
- Caution: possible jet wake turbulence in traffic pattern and C5 jet blast dur gnd operates. Special haz exist for wide body aircraft taxiing from ramp. 'FOLLOWW me TRUCK' rqr for all movements on ramp by non C5 tran aircraft, tran C5 flw me service available O/R.
- Caution: tree line east of runway 19 approach end may cause wind shear dur landing when wind is FR southeast. BA less than optimum when runway is wet due to rubber BUILD-UP.
- NS abtmt: strict compliance with pro rqr.
- First 4250 feet runway 14 and first 1650 feet runway 32 grooved concrete, middle 7000 feet asphalt.
- Fluid; SP presair lpox lox.
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.