Darke County Airport
Darke County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Darke County Commissioners | ||||||||||
| Serves | Versailles, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,007 ft / 307 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°12′16″N 084°31′55″W / 40.20444°N 84.53194°W | ||||||||||
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  VES Location of airport in Ohio  VES VES (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Darke County Airport (ICAO: KVES, FAA LID: VES) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Darke County, Ohio, United States.[1] It is located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Versailles.[1] It is along State Route 121 just south of Versailles. Midmark operates a private jet from this airport. The airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned VES by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]
Facilities and aircraft[edit]
Darke County Airport covers an area of 42 acres (17 ha) at an elevation of 1,007 feet (307 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,512 by 75 feet (1,375 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 17, 2012, the airport had 9,238 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 4% jet.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for VES PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Darke County Airport (FAA: VES, ICAO: KVES, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
External links[edit]
- Aerial image as of April 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for VES, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for VES
- AirNav airport information for KVES
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures