Dover Air Force Base

Dover Air Force Base (KDOV) is a medium airport in Dover, DE. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KDOV or IATA code DOV. It sits in North America.

Dover Air Force Base is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 12,903-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 12,903 ft (3,933 m), a ultra-long-range-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G650, Bombardier Global 7500, and Dassault Falcon 8X. In practice this transcontinental and transoceanic operations without performance penalties.

Dover Air Force Base sits near sea level at 24 ft.

Local operations run on America/New_York. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 289 departing and 283 arriving private-jet legs at KDOV across the next six months of operator inventory. 8 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KDOV are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force (USAF) base under the operational control of Air Mobility Command (AMC), located 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware. The 436th Airlift Wing serves as the host wing and operates a major Department of Defense air freight terminal. The AMC-gained 512th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command is co-located at the base. Together the two wings fly a fleet of C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.