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).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Dover Air Force Base?
Its FAA code is DOV, and its ICAO code is KDOV.
Where is Dover Air Force Base?
It is 3 miles east of Dover, Delaware, 29 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Dover Air Force Base?
The longest of its 2 runways, 14/32, is 12,903 feet long.
Does Dover Air Force Base have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Dover Air Force Base?
The FAA's airport file lists Jet A with additive, JP-8.
Where can you fly nonstop from Dover Air Force Base?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Norfolk NS (Chambers Field), Ramstein, Lajes, Dover Air Force Base, Portsmouth International AT Pease. Every route
Are there flight schools at Dover Air Force Base?
6 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Delaware State University and Delaware State University Aviation Program. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Dover Air Force Base?
12 pilot examiners and 20 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Dover Air Force Base…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- Jet A with additive, JP-8; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A with additive, JP-8
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Chandelle Airport (4 nm north), Delaware Airpark (8 nm northwest), Smyrna Airport (12 nm northwest), Millville Municipal (23 nm northeast).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Millville Municipal (23 nm northeast), Summit Airport (26 nm northwest), Delaware Coastal Airport (27 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Delaware · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 27 departures from DOV in those twelve months, carrying 0 passengers in 16 seats (0% filled), to 13 destinations (5 abroad) on 4 airlines.
All 13 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Dover from the FAA register
1,038 aircraft are registered to owners in Dover, Delaware: 474 piston singles, 217 business jets, 116 turboprops, 93 helicopters, 85 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Delaware.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Dover, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Delaware State University 19 aircraft · Dover
- Delaware State University Aviation Program 5 aircraft · Dover
- Delpenn Flyers INC 2 aircraft · Dover Del-Penn Flyers is a flying club founded in 1973 that provides affordable flying opportunities to members through a fleet of well-maintained aircraft.
- Delaware River Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Dover
- Rl Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Dover
- Dover Afb Aero Club 1 aircraft · Dover Afb, 1 mile away
Charter operators and airlines based in Dover:
- Aviation Advisor, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate Aviation Advisor, Inc.
- Mountain Air Helicopters, Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Jet-A LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Alaska Utah Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Vertical Limit Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Vertical Limit Aviation is a helicopter flight school based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializing in high altitude and high density altitude flight training.
- Alpha Three Aviation Incorporated 1 aircraft on the certificate Alpha Three Aviation operates on-demand private charter flights and full-service aircraft management from Pittsburgh Butler Regional Airport in Pennsylvania.
- Coastal Airways LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Acme Jet, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Uinta Aero LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Dover:
- Phill-Air INC Phill-Air Inc is a flight school and aircraft parts manufacturer based at Delaware Air Park in Dover, Delaware.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 11 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 20 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 76 training center evaluators, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- David Nelson Burton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Millville, NJ (23 nm) · (609) 247-0453 · [email protected]
- Richard Stephen Washart private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · WWD Flight Level Aviation · Rio Grande, NJ (28 nm) · (609) 427-3956 · [email protected]
- Curt Tucker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, helicopters · Easton, MD (34 nm) · (202) 369-1886 · [email protected]
- Edward Ambler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Easton, MD (34 nm) · (410) 310-3155 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · New Garden Airport N57 · Toughkenamon, PA (44 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- Jude Gallagher private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); helicopters · Middle River, MD (45 nm) · (315) 767-7707 · [email protected]
- Michael Wayne Deruggiero private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Brett Aviation - Martin State Airport (KMTN) · Middle River, MD (45 nm) · (410) 299-6502 · [email protected]
- Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Middle River Flight Center · Middle River, MD (45 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · [email protected]
All 129 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Dover 1,038 aircraft · 474 piston singles, 217 business jets, 116 turboprops
- Aircraft Trustee Services INC Trustee 52 aircraft in town
- November Alpha LLC 27 aircraft in town
- Delaware State University 19 aircraft in town
- Frontera Flight Holdings INC 18 aircraft in town
- Ms Aviation Services LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Veteran Aviation Services LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Bcbc Aero Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Aviation Advisor, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Mountain Air Helicopters, Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Jet-A LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Alaska Utah Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Delaware State University 19 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Delaware State University Aviation Program 5 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Delpenn Flyers INC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Phill-Air INC · repair station
- Norfolk NS (Chambers Field) (NGU) 6 flights in twelve months · Atlas Air Inc., Air Transport International
- Ramstein (RMS) 6 flights in twelve months · Atlas Air Inc.
- Lajes (TER) 3 flights in twelve months · Air Transport International
- Dover Air Force Base (DOV) 2 flights in twelve months · Atlas Air Inc.
- Portsmouth International AT Pease (PSM) 2 flights in twelve months · Antonov Company
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 1 flights in twelve months · National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National Airlines
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1 flights in twelve months · National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National Airlines
- Hahn (HHN) 1 flights in twelve months · National Air Cargo Group Inc d/ba National Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Delaware 116 since 1982 · 16 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Delaware 11 landing places
- Delaware 10,952 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DOV.json.
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 26, 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.