Darke County
VES · KVES · Versailles, Ohio · Darke County · map
Darke County is a public-use airport owned by Darke CO Commissioners, 2 miles southwest of Versailles, Ohio, 1,007 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,802 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 29 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 12,912 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KVES · observed 7:15 pm EDT (23:15 UTC), 15 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (160°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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)
METAR KVES 062315Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 17/05 A3003 RMK AO2
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 VES · ICAO KVES
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Darke CO Commissioners
- Elevation
- 1,007 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,802 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.45 | |
| Ves and aWOS-3PT | 125.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 937-526-3154.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 12,912, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Versailles from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Versailles, Ohio: 5 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Ohio.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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
- Occasional deer, birds, and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 09 and 27 operates continuously.
- Prior cdn required.
- Fuel located at east ramp available H24 via credit card.
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.