Drake Field
FYV · KFYV · Fayetteville, Arkansas · Washington County · map
Drake Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fayetteville, 3 miles south of Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1,252 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,005 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFYV · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFYV 062053Z 05003KT 10SM CLR 29/09 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02890094 56025
TAF KFYV 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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 FYV · ICAO KFYV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fayetteville
- Elevation
- 1,252 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 849 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,005 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
- Runway 34: LDA with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 263 ft high 5,585 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.0 | Drake |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Fyv and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.575 | Drake |
| Ground | 121.8 | Drake |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | Drake |
| Fayetteville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 | Drake |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 479-442-5237.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Fayetteville from the FAA register
142 aircraft are registered to owners in Fayetteville, Arkansas: 94 piston singles, 29 business jets, 9 turboprops, 4 helicopters, 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 Arkansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 7 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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset med intst. Activate odals runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Director, aviation.
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.