Darke County Airport

Darke County Airport
Darke County Airport
	Airport building, used as a waiting area
	IATA: none; ICAO: KVES; FAA LID: VES;
Summary
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°WCoordinates: 40°12′16″N 084°31′55″W / 40.20444°N 84.53194°W
Map
	VES Location of airport in Ohio/United StatesShow map of OhioShow map of the United StatesShow all
Runways
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	9,238
Based aircraft	23
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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[]

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]

References[]

^ ^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[]

Aerial image as of April 1994 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for VES, effective February 24, 2022
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

[FAA-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f FAA Airport Form 5010 for VES PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 15, 2012.

[2] "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.

[3] "Darke County Airport (FAA: VES, ICAO: KVES, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved December 17, 2012.

[4] "IATA Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 16, 2012.

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