Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
FFO · KFFO · Dayton, Ohio · Greene County · map
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a private airport owned by the US Air Force, 8 miles northeast of Dayton, Ohio, 823 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05L/23R, is 12,600 feet of partially concrete. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FFO · ICAO KFFO
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- US Air Force
- Elevation
- 823 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 2

For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 12,600 × 300 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 05R/23L | 7,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 23R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 05R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 23L: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.475 | Patterson |
| Ground | 121.8 | Patterson |
| Tower | 127.8 | Patterson |
| Tower (secondary) | 115.2 | Patterson |
| Approach and departure | 118.85 | Patterson |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Patterson |
| Pre-taxi clearance | 126.2 | Patterson |
| Danei and star | 134.45 | Patterson |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Greene County/Lewis A Jackson Regional (8 nm south), James M Cox Dayton International (9 nm northwest), Springfield/Beckley Municipal (10 nm east), Dayton/Wright Brothers Airport (16 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Greene County/Lewis A Jackson Regional (8 nm south), James M Cox Dayton International (9 nm northwest), Springfield/Beckley Municipal (10 nm east), Moraine Air Park Airport (12 nm southwest).
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 Ohio · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Rectangular fighter/tactical/trainer aircraft 2400' above sea level, other turbojet/turboprop and light reciprocating eng aircraft (12,500 LB or below gross weight) 1900', overhead 2400' above sea level.
- Operates H24 except AD closed major holidays and otr times by NOTAM.
- TYPE-H BAK-12B(B) (1676 feet).
- Southwest 2600 feet concrete, northeast 10000 feet asphalt.
- Caution: portions of flameout and overhead traffic pattern not visibility from tower.
- Misc: exp departure FR runway 23R at taxiway 'B' int 11,600 feet available; if full length rqr, RQ BACK-TAXI from tower.
- Ctn: 5 feet unlit obstruction approximately 150 feet north of afrt terminal located 136 feet from taxiway B centerline east side. Unlighted abndd tower west side of field.
- Caution: bird watch condition phase I (NOV-JUN) indicates light bird act, phase II (JUL-OCT) indicates hvy bird act nml associated with migratory season.
- Misc: amops C937-257-4492, dsn 787-4492.
- Afrc: 445 AW operates 1200--0330Z++. MON-FRI and training wkend.
- Customs/agricultural/img: ltd customs available. U.S. military required a mnm of 24 hour PN, foreign state aircraft a mnm of 48 hour PN, amops C937-257-4492, dsn 787-4492.
- Jasu: 7(A/M32A-86) 1(MC-1A) 4(AM32-95) 7(A/M32A-60/A).
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Dayton from the FAA register
147 aircraft are registered to owners in Dayton, Ohio: 103 piston singles, 12 drones, 10 piston twins, 8 business jets, 4 helicopters. 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 Ohio.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Wright Flyers Club 2 aircraft · Huber Heights, 4 miles away
- Debonair N638S Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Beavercreek, 6 miles away
- Macair Aviation LLC 31 aircraft · Xenia, 11 miles away MacAir Aviation is a full-service fixed-base operator, flight training school, and aero club located at Greene County-Lewis A.
- Sinclair Community College 8 aircraft · Dayton, 11 miles away Sinclair Community College is a community college in Dayton, Ohio, serving the southwestern Ohio region with over 300 associate and certificate programs.
- Beaver Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Xenia, 11 miles away
- Cardinal 3 Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Springfield, 11 miles away
- Yellow Bird Flyers Association 1 aircraft · Springfield, 11 miles away The Central Ohio Flyers Association is a shared-ownership flying club located in central Ohio with a focus on affordable, available flying.
- Sierra Hotel Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Bellbrook, 13 miles away Sierra Hotel Aeronautics Group is a flying club based at Lanett Regional Airport in Alabama that offers aircraft rental and flight training to its members.
Repair stations in Dayton:
- Ge Aviation Systems LLC
- Projects Unlimited INC Projects Unlimited Inc.
- Techmetals INC
- U.S. Chrome CORP. of Ohio
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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 Dayton 147 aircraft · 103 piston singles, 12 drones, 10 piston twins
- Sinclair Community College 8 aircraft in town
- Miami Valley Hospital 2 aircraft in town
- Core Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Buckeye Aircraft Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Wright Flyers Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Debonair N638S Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Macair Aviation LLC 31 aircraft · flight school
- Ge Aviation Systems LLC · repair station
- Projects Unlimited INC · repair station
- Techmetals INC · repair station
- U.S. Chrome CORP. of Ohio · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,884 since 1982 · 253 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Ohio 149 landing places
- Ohio 8,529 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FFO.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.
