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Davis Airport

W50 · Laytonsville, Maryland · Montgomery County · map

Davis Airport is a public-use airport owned by Laytonsville Airport, LLC., 3 miles north of Laytonsville, Maryland, 609 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,600 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes
FAA W50
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Owner
Laytonsville Airport, LLC.
Elevation
609 feet above sea level
Pattern altitude
800 feet above the airport
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, dawn to dusk
Fuel
100LL avgas
Repairs
airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Washington sectional
Magnetic variation
9W
In the FAA's files since
February 1947

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0826N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
08/262,600 × 50 ftAsphalt, fair
  • Runway 08: trees 57 ft high 714 ft from the end
  • Runway 26: trees 44 ft high 838 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8 · UNICOM unmon.
Trstn and star126.75

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Aircraft registered in Laytonsville from the FAA register

4 aircraft are registered to owners in Laytonsville, Maryland: 2 piston twins, 2 piston singles. 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 Maryland.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 2 fatal

2022-04-02ERA22LA176 · Cessna 177Rg N123LS · accident · minor injuries
2020-01-17ERA20CA091 · Cessna 185 N1557F · accident · no injuries
2016-09-27ERA16FA329 · Cessna 172 N52126 · accident · 1 killed
2012-07-16ERA12FA458 · Beech A23 N8771M · accident · 1 killed
2003-11-01NYC04CA022 · Cessna 182M N70800 · accident · no injuries
1983-06-19ATL83FA232 · Stinson 108-2 N9673K · accident · minor injuries

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

  • Established prior to 1959.
  • Airport closed dusk to dawn.
  • UNICOM unmon.
  • Pond 80 feet R of threshold.
  • Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Touch and go operations NA.

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.