DE Kalb Taylor Municipal
DKB · KDKB · De Kalb, Illinois · De Kalb County · map
DE Kalb Taylor Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Dekalb, 2 miles east of De Kalb, Illinois, 913 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 7,026 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 77 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 27,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for DE Kalb Taylor Municipal?
Its FAA code is DKB, and its ICAO code is KDKB.
Where is DE Kalb Taylor Municipal?
It is 2 miles east of De Kalb, Illinois, 913 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at DE Kalb Taylor Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 02/20, is 7,026 feet long.
Does DE Kalb Taylor Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at DE Kalb Taylor Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Are there flight schools at DE Kalb Taylor Municipal?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Dtc Flying Club LLC and Windy City Soaring Association. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to DE Kalb Taylor Municipal?
25 pilot examiners and 29 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 DE Kalb Taylor Municipal…
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 DKB · ICAO KDKB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Dekalb
- Elevation
- 913 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to February, every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; March to October, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 7,026 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 4,201 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), rr 21 ft high 1,237 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,464 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.5 | |
| Dkb and aWOS-3 | 119.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 815-748-2350.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, cargo handling, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Aurora Municipal (14 nm southeast), Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field (17 nm west), Dupage Airport (21 nm east).
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 Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 preset low intst, to incr intst and activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27, PAPI runways 09 and 27, runway end identifier lights runways 09, 27, and 20, and approach lights (MALSR) runway 02 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 02 and 20 operate 24 hours.
- 100LL 24 hour self serve with credit card
- Prfered calm wind runway 02
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 69 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| 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 27,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,080 |
| general aviation, travelling | 19,700 |
| general aviation, local | 6,220 |
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 De Kalb from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list De Kalb, IL as the owner's town.
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:
- Dtc Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Sycamore, 5 miles away
- Windy City Soaring Association 6 aircraft · Hinckley, 11 miles away
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
25 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 25 for private pilot, 20 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 14 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 23 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 29 aviation medical examiners, 8 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jay Christopher Rud private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · J.A. Flight Training · Aurora, IL (15 nm) · (815) 557-5221 · [email protected]
- John Quinn Fulgenzi private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Algonquin, IL (22 nm) · (815) 236-8646 · [email protected]
- Logan Arlis private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Dupage Airport · West Chicago, IL (22 nm) · (630) 327-8074 · [email protected]
- Matthew Edward Massey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorkville, IL (23 nm) · (815) 546-3664 · [email protected]
- Brandon Kuhn private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Blue Skies Flying Services · Lake in the Hills, IL (24 nm) · (815) 276-1356 · [email protected]
- Fred Arthur Sweet private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Poplar Grove, IL (24 nm) · (815) 670-1667 · [email protected]
- Gregory Mark Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oswego, IL (24 nm) · (815) 474-0202 · [email protected]
- Kevin Carlyle Lindsay private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Naperville, IL (24 nm) · (708) 655-4901 · [email protected]
All 90 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 16 since 1982, 2 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 16 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Dtc Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Windy City Soaring Association 6 aircraft · flying club
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DKB.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 22, 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.