Dansville Municipal
DSV · KDSV · Dansville, New York · Livingston County · map
Dansville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of North Dansville, 1 mile northwest of Dansville, New York, 660 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 25 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 48,050 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KDSV · observed 10:28 pm EDT (02:28 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 1,700 feet, scattered clouds at 4,700 feet
- Temperature 55°F (13°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI KDSV 120228Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM FEW017 SCT047 13/13 A2993 RMK AO2 T01280128 $
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
3 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 21,000 ft to 33,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).
5 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- B38M at 500 ft, 33 nm north, 7:52 pm EDT (23:52 UTC): a broken layer above 500 ft.
as filed, and in English
ROC UA /OV ROC/TM 2352/FL005/TP B38M/SK BKN005-TOPUNKN
- Report
- a routine report filed through ROC
- Where
- over ROC
- Time
- 23:52 UTC
- Height
- at 500 ft
- Aircraft
- B38M
- Sky
- a broken layer from 500 ft, tops unknown
- B738 at 4,700 ft, 40 nm northwest, 8:59 pm EDT (00:59 UTC): a broken layer from 4,700 ft to 5,300 ft, remarks: during the descent.
as filed, and in English
BUF UA /OV BUF140010/TM 0059/FL047/TP B738/SK BKN 047 TOPS 053/RM DURD
- Report
- a routine report filed through BUF
- Where
- 10 nm southeast (140°) of BUF
- Time
- 00:59 UTC
- Height
- at 4,700 ft
- Aircraft
- B738
- Sky
- a broken layer from 4,700 ft, tops 5,300 ft
- Remarks
- during the descent
- A320 at 20,000 ft, 45 nm northeast, 8:08 pm EDT (00:08 UTC): light to moderate rime icing from 15,000 ft to 20,000 ft, -15 °C, remarks: zob.
as filed, and in English
SYR UA /OV SYR250030/TM 0008/FL200/TP A320/TA M15/IC LGT-MOD RIME 200-150/RM ZOB
- Report
- a routine report filed through SYR
- Where
- 30 nm west (250°) of SYR
- Time
- 00:08 UTC
- Height
- at 20,000 ft
- Aircraft
- A320
- Temperature
- −15 °C
- Icing
- light to moderate rime from 20,000 ft to 15,000 ft
- Remarks
- zob
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (BUF, 50 nm northwest), for use 02:00–09:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 320° at 10 kt; 6,000 ft: 010° at 16 kt, 10 °C; 9,000 ft: 360° at 10 kt, 6 °C; 12,000 ft: 340° at 13 kt, 2 °C; 18,000 ft: 330° at 22 kt, -11 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA DSV · ICAO KDSV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of North Dansville
- Elevation
- 660 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: VASI, two boxes on the left, fence 6 ft high 215 ft from the end
- Runway 32: VASI, four boxes on the left, road 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.7 | |
| Dsv and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 585-699-2746.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 15 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| other | 9 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 48,050, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 800 |
| general aviation, travelling | 23,000 |
| general aviation, local | 24,000 |
| military | 250 |
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Dansville from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Dansville, New York: 8 piston singles, 5 gliders, 2 business jets, 2 balloons, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 New York.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, flight instruction, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Hornell Municipal (11 nm south), Canandaigua Airport (27 nm northeast), Penn Yan/Yates County (29 nm east), Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field (30 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 New York · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Dansville, by their names on the register:
- Finger Lakes Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft Finger Lakes Soaring Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Dansville Airport in New York that operates gliders and offers soaring flights and instruction to members and the public.
Charter operators and airlines based in Dansville:
- Integra Jet, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Integra Jet is a Part 135 air carrier based in Dansville, NY, with flight operations in Orlando, FL.
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 10 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing).
- James Douglas Martin private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; gliders · Finger Lakes Soaring Club · Dansville, NY (0 nm) · (585) 507-0245 · jettester52@gmail.com
- Patrick Mauro Long private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Bloomfield, NY (21 nm) · (585) 794-1621 · cl605@me.com
- Kenneth Joseph Lindsay private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Rush, NY (25 nm) · (585) 278-8321 · kaptainken90@hotmail.com
- Michael Bjerga private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Williamson Flying Club · Williamson, NY (47 nm) · (585) 721-4635 · wfcflight@gmail.com
All 17 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-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.
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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate VASI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service.
- Minimum surface and base reqrmts not met for dual and dual tandem gross weights runway 14-32.
- Aces road west/fence 230 feet right.
- 4 feet fence and 40 feet trees in the approach.
- Runway 14, 15 feet road, 220 feet dstc, 250 feet R; 35 feet pole, 282 feet dstc, 262 feet R, 2:1; 60 feet unlighted cranes, 700 feet dstc.
- Extensive glider actvty. Glider use right pattern for the grass area right of runway 32 and left pattern for the grass area left of runway 14.
- Runway 14 90 feet relctd thld.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Dansville 18 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 5 gliders, 2 business jets
- Finger Lakes Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft in town
- Integra Jet, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Finger Lakes Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 252 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 127 landing places
- New York 6,669 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DSV.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 9, 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.