Summerville Airport
DYB · KDYB · Summerville, South Carolina · Dorchester County · map
Summerville Airport is a public-use airport owned by Dorchester County, 5 miles northwest of Summerville, South Carolina, 56 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KDYB · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 3,000 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KDYB 062155Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM OVC030 23/18 A3000 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 DYB · ICAO KDYB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Dorchester County
- Elevation
- 56 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday to Sunday, 8:30 am to 5:00 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 24: tree 77 ft high 1,635 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.7 | |
| Dyb and aWOS-3PT | 119.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 843-851-5786.
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 Summerville from the FAA register
63 aircraft are registered to owners in Summerville, South Carolina: 56 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops, 2 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 South Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 3 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
- Provided VFR only.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 oper DUSK-2200; to activate after 2200 - the common traffic frequency.
- Banner towing 1500/BLO intmt daily, South side runway 06/24.
- Mowing operations on Wednesdays near actv runways/taxiways durg growing season.
- Visit dorchestercountysc.GOV/GOVERNMENT/ADMINISTRATIVE-SERVICES/AIRPORT for airfield sts and other airport information.
- Current automated weather (AWOS) information - kdyb.awosnet.com
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.