# Drake Field (FYV / KFYV)

**Drake Field** (IATA: FYV, ICAO: KFYV) is a medium airport in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 6,005 ft (1,830 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FYV / KFYV
- FAA: FYV
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,252 ft / 382 m
- Coordinates: 36.0051, -94.1701
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,005 ft / 1,830 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Field (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1654478
- Weather station: KFYV
- Ident: KFYV

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Drake Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 6,005 ft / 1,830 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 169° / 349° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00728AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,005 ft / 1,830 m | =4,531 of 29,858 | =1,242 in North America | =972 in US |
| Elevation | 1,252 ft / 382 m | =14,381 of 43,403 | #6,224 in North America | #4,841 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | RAZORBACK APP/DEP | 121.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 133.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 128.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | JONESBORO RDO | 122.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 128.000 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [XNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kxna.md) Northwest Arkansas National Airport · 21 mi / 33 km
- [FSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfsm.md) Fort Smith Regional Airport · 47 mi / 76 km
- [HRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khro.md) Boone County Airport · 59 mi / 96 km
- [BKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbbg.md) Branson Airport · 65 mi / 105 km
- [JLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjln.md) Joplin Regional Airport · 81 mi / 131 km

## 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/kfyv/data