KDOV — Dover AFB
Dover, DE · field elevation 29 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-RAPCON
KDOV current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KDOV 111055Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02330210
- Wind
- from 330° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,009 ft · pressure altitude 19 ft
- Observed
- 80 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 330° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | 6 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 01 | 6 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 19 | 6 kt tail | 4 kt from the right |
| 14 | 6 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
4 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 3,000–13,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KDOV 110800Z 1108/1214 27009KT 9999 SCT050 QNH2990INS BECMG 1110/1111 30009KT 9999 BKN050 QNH2981INS TEMPO 1111/1114 9000 -SHRA BECMG 1122/1123 24009KT 9999 BKN090 QNH2979INS BECMG 1202/1203 27009KT 9000 -SHRA SCT050 BKN100 QNH2972INS TEMPO 1203/1206 27012G18KT 8000 -TSRA BKN050CB BECMG 1207/1208 31006KT 9999 NSW BKN100 QNH2968INS TX31/1117Z TN23/1108Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 39.12954, -75.46596
- Elevation
- 29 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1011Z / 0002Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- -12° (2020)
- Fuel
- A+,J8
- Sectional
- Washington
- County
- Kent, DE
Airport diagram
Everything else KDOV publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 12,903 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 01/19 | 9,602 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- D-ATIS
- 127.825
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 126.35
- Ground
- 118.875
- Clearance
- 125.55
- Approach
- 132.425
- Approach
- 135.15
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LS
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KESN Easton/Newnam Fld34 nm
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KDOV airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Delaware airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.