About Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base is classified by OurAirports as a medium airport serving Abilene, Texas. The airport is identified by FAA location identifier KDYS, by the three-letter IATA code DYS, and the four-letter ICAO code KDYS. OurAirports records this airport as not having scheduled passenger service.
The airfield sits at approximately 32.4208° N, 99.8546° W, with a published field elevation of 1,789 feet above mean sea level.
"Dyess Air Force Base" is one of 1,893 public-use airports in Texas, and one of roughly 16,000 such airports indexed in the FAA's national airspace records.
Reference data
| Official name | Dyess Air Force Base |
|---|---|
| Location | Abilene, Texas (TX) |
| City and state (page) | Abilene, TX |
| FAA Form 5010 ident | KDYS |
| IATA code | DYS |
| ICAO code | KDYS |
| Airport class | medium_airport |
| Latitude / longitude | 32.4208° N, 99.8546° W |
| Field elevation | 1,789 ft MSL |
| Scheduled passenger service | No |
| Official airport website | http://www.dyess.af.mil/ |
| Reference article | Wikipedia entry |
Nearby airports
If Dyess Air Force Base doesn't fit your schedule or routing, the closest alternative public-use airports are listed below. The first column is sorted by approximate great-circle distance from this airport.
| Airport | City | State | Codes | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying B Ranch Airstrip | Abilene | TX | 35TX / - |
small_airport |
| Abilene Regional Airport | Abilene | TX | ABI / KABI |
medium_airport |
| Elmdale Airpark | Abilene | TX | 82TS / - |
small_airport |
| Elm Valley Airport | Tuscola | TX | US-5517 / - |
small_airport |
| Stark Field | Merkel | TX | 91XS / - |
small_airport |
| Abilene Executive Airpark | Abilene | TX | TX00 / - |
small_airport |