AirportsDover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base is a medium-sized airport serving Dover, in Delaware, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DOV.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DOV
- ICAO code
- KDOV
- City
- Dover
- State or region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 39.1295° N, 75.4660° W
- Elevation
- 7 m (24 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,933 m (12,903 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DOV means Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KDOV. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 39.1295° N, 75.4660° W. It stands 7 metres (24 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Philadelphia, about 95 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,933 metres (12,903 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 14.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,933 m 12,903 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 01/19 | 2,927 m 9,602 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wilmington AirportWilmington | ILG | 62 km |
| Atlantic City International AirportAtlantic City | ACY | 85 km |
| Philadelphia International AirportPhiladelphia | PHL | 85 km |
| Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional AirportSalisbury | SBY | 88 km |
| Ocean City Municipal AirportOcean City | OCE | 96 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,969 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,752 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,223 km | 14 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,758 km | 7 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 221 km | 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,844 km | 5 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,514 km | 19 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,957 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,854 km | 19 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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