Dillingham Airfield - Facilities and Aircraft

Facilities and Aircraft

Dillingham Airfield covers an area of 134 acres (54 ha) at an elevation of 14 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 9,007 by 75 feet (2,745 x 23 m).

As a general aviation joint-use facility, the airfield has one runway, a UNICOM tower, powered aircraft and glider hangars, and a tie down area for recreation aircraft. Jet-A and Avgas are available in a self-serve facility utilizing credit cards for payment. There were plans to extend the taxiway to the end of the 26 runway, but funding was delayed. Air traffic, unless approved prior by the US Army, is limited to daytime operations by general aviation and sport parachuting operations. Although the largest users on the airfield are the sport parachuting operations, the State of Hawaii refuses safety improvements.

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2010, the airport had 40,410 aircraft operations, an average of 110 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 56 aircraft based at this airport: 50% single-engine, 36% glider, 5% multi-engine, 5% helicopter, and 4% ultralight.