Summerville Airport

Summerville Airport (ICAO: KDYB, FAA LID: DYB) is a county-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) northwest of the central business district of Summerville, a city in Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Summerville Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerDorchester County
ServesSummerville, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL56 ft / 17 m
Coordinates33°03′48″N 080°16′46″W
Map
DYB
Location of airport in South Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations36,000
Based aircraft50

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DYB by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Summerville Airport covers an area of 195 acres (79 ha) at an elevation of 56 feet (17 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 20, 2011, the airport had 36,000 aircraft operations, an average of 98 per day: 91% general aviation, 8% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 50 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, and 4% helicopter.[1]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for DYB (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Airport Code Search (DYB)". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  4. "Summerville Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KDYB, FAA: DYB)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
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