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]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Dorchester County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Summerville, South Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 56 ft / 17 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°03′48″N 080°16′46″W / 33.06333°N 80.27944°W | ||||||||||
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  DYB Location of airport in South Carolina | |||||||||||
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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
editSummerville 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 November 27, 2019, the airport had 9,250 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 88% general aviation, 9% air taxi, and 3% military. At that time there were 64 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.[1]
See also
edit- St. George Airport (FAA: 6J2) located at 33°11′44″N 080°30′30″W / 33.19556°N 80.50833°W in St. George, Dorchester County, South Carolina.
- List of airports in South Carolina
References
edit- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for DYB PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Airport Code Search (DYB)". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "Summerville Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KDYB, FAA: DYB)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
External links
edit- Airport page at Dorchester County website
- Summerville (DYB) at the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission
- Aerial image as of February 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for DYB, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for DYB
- AirNav airport information for KDYB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures