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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 113 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 24,689 takeoffs and landings a year. About 51 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Drake Field?
Its FAA code is FYV, and its ICAO code is KFYV.
Where is Drake Field?
It is 3 miles south of Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1,252 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Drake Field?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,005 feet long, asphalt.
Does Drake Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Drake Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Drake Field?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Addison, Blue Grass, Chicago O'Hare International, Tuscaloosa Ntl, Austin-Bergstrom International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Drake Field?
5 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
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 Drake Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Springdale Municipal (11 nm north), Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport (18 nm north), Smith Field (19 nm northwest).
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 Arkansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 16 departures from FYV in those twelve months, carrying 170 passengers in 812 seats (21% filled), to 11 destinations on 6 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Field → Addison FYV–ADS | 3 | 0 | Ameristar Air Cargo |
| Drake Field → Blue Grass FYV–LEX | 2 | 59 | Ameristar Air Cargo, SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Drake Field → Chicago O'Hare International FYV–ORD | 2 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Drake Field → Tuscaloosa Ntl FYV–TCL | 2 | 60 | Ameristar Air Cargo, SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Drake Field → Austin-Bergstrom International FYV–AUS | 1 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Drake Field → Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field FYV–BTR | 1 | 41 | Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp |
| Drake Field → Columbia Metro FYV–CAE | 1 | 0 | Ameristar Air Cargo |
| Drake Field → Westchester County FYV–HPN | 1 | 9 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 11 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 88 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 17 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 24,689, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 25 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,625 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,493 |
| general aviation, local | 7,154 |
| military | 392 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fayetteville from the FAA register
140 aircraft are registered to owners in Fayetteville, Arkansas: 93 piston singles, 28 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Fayetteville:
- Creamer Pilot Services LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate
- Flight Level Charters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Fayetteville:
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 4 training center examiners.
- Joshua Paul Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Fayetteville, AR (0 nm) · (303) 913-4218 · [email protected]
- Chad Maxwell Cox private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; helicopters · Bentonville, AR (21 nm) · (501) 732-0658 · [email protected]
- Reginald Howell Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Bentonville Thaden Field · Bentonville, AR (21 nm) · (479) 651-1919 · [email protected]
- Zachary Duane Caldwell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bentonville, AR (21 nm) · (479) 650-0245 · [email protected]
- Dustin Garard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Grove, OK (45 nm) · (918) 521-4181 · [email protected]
All 19 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Fayetteville 140 aircraft · 93 piston singles, 28 business jets, 9 turboprops
- Kerzen Properties LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Creamer Pilot Services LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Flight Equity LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Two Creek Capital LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Creamer Pilot Services LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Flight Level Charters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Wings Avionics INC · repair station
- Addison (ADS) 3 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo
- Blue Grass (LEX) 2 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Tuscaloosa Ntl (TCL) 2 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (BTR) 1 flights in twelve months · Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp
- Columbia Metro (CAE) 1 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo
- Westchester County (HPN) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 17 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arkansas 1,580 since 1982 · 175 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arkansas 101 landing places
- Arkansas 3,496 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FYV.json.
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 27, 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.