KDYS IATA DYS Medium Airport

Airport record

Dyess Air Force Base

Abilene, Texas, United States

12,000+ ft runwayMulti-runwayUnpaved surface
WGS 84 position 32.42080°, -99.85460° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 1,789 ft MSL

545 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 3

1 reported lighted · 2 reported not lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 13,500 ft

4,115 metres · 16/34

PUBLISHED COMMS 8

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
16/34 13,500 × 300 ft4,115 × 91 m PEM 168.8° / 348.8° north–south Reported lighted Reported open
161/341 3,500 × 60 ft1,067 × 18 m Gravel 161.0° / 341.0° north–south Reported not lighted Reported open
162/342 3,500 × 60 ft1,067 × 18 m Asphalt Not published Reported not lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
16 LE · low-numbered end 16/34 Reported open 168.8°T 1,789 ft MSL545 m Not published 32.43900°, -99.85880° Open end map ↗
34 HE · high-numbered end 16/34 Reported open 348.8°T 1,787 ft MSL545 m Not published 32.40260°, -99.85040° Open end map ↗
161 LE · low-numbered end 161/341 Reported open 161.0°T Not published Not published 32.42140°, -99.85950° Open end map ↗
341 HE · high-numbered end 161/341 Reported open 341.0°T Not published Not published 32.41180°, -99.85730° Open end map ↗
162 LE · low-numbered end 162/342 Reported open Not published Not published Not published Not published
342 HE · high-numbered end 162/342 Reported open Not published Not published Not published Not published

Communications

Published frequencies

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

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Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.