Darke County Airport (ICAO: KVES, FAA LID: VES) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Darke County, Ohio, United States.[1] It is located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Versailles.[1] It is along State Route 121 just south of Versailles. Midmark operates a private jet from this airport. The airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Darke County Airport
Airport building, used as a waiting area
IATA: none ICAO: KVES FAA LID: VES
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Darke County Commissioners
Serves	Versailles, Ohio
Elevation AMSL	1,007 ft / 307 m
Coordinates	40°12′16″N 084°31′55″W
Map
VES Location of airport in Ohio/United States Show map of Ohio VES VES (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 4,512 1,375 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 9,238 Based aircraft 23
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned VES by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Darke County Airport covers an area of 42 acres (17 ha) at an elevation of 1,007 feet (307 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,512 by 75 feet (1,375 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 17, 2012, the airport had 9,238 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 4% jet.[1]

References

External links

• Aerial image as of April 1994 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for VES, effective May 19, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for VES
  • AirNav airport information for KVES
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures