Stuart Powell Field
DVK · KDVK · Danville, Kentucky · Boyle County · map
Stuart Powell Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Danville & Boyle County, 3 miles south of Danville, Kentucky, 1,021 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KDVK · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KDVK 062155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/05 A3005 RMK AO2
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 DVK · ICAO KDVK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Danville & Boyle County
- Elevation
- 1,021 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1941
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 1,956 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, fair |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 38 ft high 355 ft from the end
- Runway 31: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 01: trees 64 ft high 671 ft from the end
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 162 ft, hangar 27 ft high 429 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.15 | |
| Dvk and aWOS-3 | 128.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 859-854-0058.
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
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Danville, Kentucky: 21 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 business jets, 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 Kentucky.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 31; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- 6 feet fence 196 feet from threshold.
- Tree 184 feet from runway end 247 feet R of centerline.
- Trees WI 200 feet R of runway end.
- 20:1 to dthr.
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.