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 edit
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 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 May 16, 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