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KVES Darke County Airport
Versailles, Ohio, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: VES
Lat/Long: 40-12-15.9000N / 084-31-54.9000W
40-12.265000N / 084-31.915000W
40.2044167 / -84.5319167
(estimated)
Elevation: 1007 ft. / 306.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04W (1985)
From city: 2 miles SW of VERSAILLES, OH
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 45380

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 06/1964
Sectional chart: DETROIT
Control tower: no
ARTCC: INDIANAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: DAYTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: DAY (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DAWN-DUSK
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT HIRL RY 09/27; REIL RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
DAYTON APPROACH: 134.45
DAYTON DEPARTURE: 134.45
WX AWOS-3 at I12 (18 nm E): 120.425 (937-492-3683)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
DQNr332/12.9DAYTON VOR/DME114.5001W
RODr262/22.9ROSEWOOD VORTAC117.5005W
RIDr031/30.4RICHMOND VORTAC110.6003W
SGHr309/38.5SPRINGFIELD VOR/DME113.2004W
MIEr096/39.5MUNCIE VOR/DME114.4003W
AOHr224/(39.7)ALLEN COUNTY VOR108.4004W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
VERSAILLESat field35604WVES ...- . ...
LAKEFIELD179/16.720504WCQA -.-. --.- .-
PORTLAND129/25.525703WPLD .--. .-.. -..
BELLEFONTAINE258/34.424205WEDJ . -.. .---
LIMA222/37.936204WLYL .-.. -.-- .-..
STANLEY180/39.741105WVFU ...- ..-. ..-
CLARK COUNTY304/39.934104WCCJ -.-. -.-. .---

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A+
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 4512 x 75 ft. / 1375 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 40-12.255667N40-12.274717N
Longitude: 084-32.398883W084-31.430017W
Elevation: 1004.9 ft.1003.9 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 093 magnetic, 089 true273 magnetic, 269 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left2-light PAPI on left
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 11 ft. road, 372 ft. from runway, 15:1 slope to clear14 ft. acft, 201 ft. from runway, 132 ft. right of centerline
+6-14 FT ACFT PARKED ON RAMP 0-300 FT FM RY END 150 FT R.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: DARKE CO COMMISSIONERS
DARKE CO COURTHOUSE
GREENVILLE, OH 45331
Manager: DAVID SPILLERS
9724 ST RT. 121
VERSAILLES, OH 45380
Phone 937-526-9126

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 31
Single engine airplanes: 27
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Jet airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 25/day *
80% local general aviation
18% transient general aviation
1% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 17 April 2007

Additional Remarks

A81 1 ACTVT MIRL RY 09/27; REIL RYS 09 & 27 - CTAF.
CTN: DEER OCCASIONALLY ON RWY.
FBO CLOSED ON MAJOR HOLIDAYS.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 5 June 2008 at 0901Z and 3 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
NDB OR GPS RWY 27   download (172KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (32KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

I17 - Piqua Airport - Hartzell Field (11 nm E)
KCQA - Lakefield Airport (17 nm N)
I12 - Sidney Municipal Airport (18 nm E)
I22 - Randolph County Airport (18 nm W)
3I7 - Phillipsburg Airport (18 nm S)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 06-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4409:44
Sunrise06:1710:17
Sunset21:0901:09
Evening civil twilight21:4201:42

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  07-Jul-2008 01:39:34
Local (UTC-4)  06-Jul-2008 21:39:34
 
METAR
KDAY 
23nm SE 
070056Z 15004KT 9SM SCT043 SCT250 26/18 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02560178 $
KFFO 
33nm SE 
070055Z 00000KT 6SM HZ CLR 26/19 A2998 RMK AO2A SLP149
KAOH 
38nm NE 
070053Z AUTO 15003KT 9SM CLR 26/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02610206
KMGY 
39nm S 
070053Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM HZ FEW060 25/19 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02500189
KMIE 
40nm W 
070053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02670161
KSGH 
40nm SE 
070056Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM HZ FEW047 26/19 A3001 RMK AO2 T02550194 SLP154
KMWO 
41nm S 
070100Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM HZ CLR 24/22 A2999 RMK AO2
TAF
KDAY 
23nm SE 
062322Z 070024 VRB03KT P6SM SKC TEMPO 0001 SCT050 FM1400 21009KT P6SM SCT050
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Spillers Air Service 937-526-9126
Airport management, Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Aircraft maintenance

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100LL 
$5.25 
Jet A 
$5.50 
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