Dyess Air Force Base
DYS · KDYS · Abilene, Texas · Taylor County · map
Dyess Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 5 miles southwest of Abilene, Texas, 1,790 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 13,500 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additive).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KDYS · observed 2:55 pm CDT (19:55 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 42°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:00 am CDT (08:00 UTC), good until Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC)
- From Tue 3:00 am CDT (08:00 UTC): wind light and variable, clear skies
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDYS 061955Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 29/06 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02910058
TAF KDYS 060800Z 0608/0714 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH2995INS TX31/0622Z TN15/0612Z
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 DYS · ICAO KDYS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 1,790 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 13,500 × 300 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 163/343 | 3,500 × 60 ft | Dirt | |
| 164/344 | 3,498 × 60 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 16: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 34: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Ground | 118.35 | Dyess |
| Tower | 133.0 | Dyess |
| Approach and departure East | 125.0 | Dyess |
| Approach and departure West | 127.2 | Dyess |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Dyess |
| Pre-taxi clearance | 139.3 | Dyess |
Aircraft registered in Abilene from the FAA register
110 aircraft are registered to owners in Abilene, Texas: 88 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 4 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 drones. 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 Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Pattern altitude: 1210 feet above ground level rectangular, 1710 feet above ground level overhead.
- Runway landing zone closed.
- Caution: ints training and formation flight of hvy aircraft in the immed vicinity.
- Caution: aircraft lrgr than C130 only allowed 180 degrees turns on concrete surface at north and south ends of runway 16-34.
- Traffic pattern: dur vmc departure aircraft must remain at or below 3000' until field bdry to ensure separation FR VFR overhead.
- Bearing strength runway 161-341: auw 155.
- Traffic pattern: rsrs applies to all local aircraft. B1 8000', C130 5000' separation, B1 rqr minimum ceil/visibility 1500'/3 SM and runway surface dry.
- Jasu: 1(MD-3) 1(A/M32A-60A) 1(A/M32A-86) 1(A/M32A-95).
- Fluid: lpox DE-ICE.
- Oil: O-133-148-156.
- Caution: extv VFR assault strip traffic west of runway 16-34.
- Caution: afld signs rqr B52 aircraft exit runway 16-34 at taxiway F.
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.