# Dyess Air Force Base (DYS / KDYS)

**Dyess Air Force Base** (IATA: DYS, ICAO: KDYS) is a medium airport in Abilene, Texas, United States. It has 3 runways; the longest is 13,500 ft (4,115 m). It is operated by Air Force Global Strike Command.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdys

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DYS / KDYS
- FAA: DYS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Air Force Global Strike Command
- Serves: Abilene, Texas, United States
- Elevation: 1,790 ft / 546 m
- Coordinates: 32.4208, -99.8546
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 13,500 ft / 4,115 m
- Instrument procedures: 10 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.dyess.af.mil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyess_Air_Force_Base (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268666
- Weather station: KDYS
- Ident: KDYS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 13,500 ft / 4,115 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Concrete |  | yes |
| 163/343 | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Dirt |  |  |
| 164/344 | 3,498 ft / 1,066 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt |  |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00002AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 13,500 ft / 4,115 m | =72 of 29,858 | =26 in North America | =21 in US |
| Elevation | 1,790 ft / 546 m | #9,995 of 43,403 | #4,444 in North America | #3,353 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ABILENE APP/DEP | 125.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 38.570 |
| GND | GND | 118.350 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 38.325 |
| POST | ACC COMMAND POST | 31.100 |
| POST | AMCC | 34.940 |
| PTD | PTD | 139.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 133.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [ABI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabi.md) Abilene Regional Airport · 10 mi / 16 km
- [SJT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksjt.md) San Angelo Regional Mathis Field · 83 mi / 133 km
- [BBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbbd.md) Curtis Field · 91 mi / 147 km

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #73

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdys/data