Yolo County Airport

Yolo County Airport
Winters-Davis Flight Strip
Yolo County Airport; Winters-Davis Flight Strip
	2006 USGS airphoto
	IATA: none; ICAO: KDWA; FAA LID: DWA;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Yolo County
Serves	Davis / Woodland / Winters, California
Elevation AMSL	100 ft / 30 m
Coordinates	38°34′46″N121°51′25″W / 38.57944°N 121.85694°W
Website	www.yolocounty.org/...
Map
	KDWA Location
Runways
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	60,360
Based aircraft	67
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Last updated February 18, 2024

Yolo County Airport( ICAO : KDWA, FAA LID : DWA, formerly 2Q3) is six miles northeast of Winters, five miles northwest of Davis and five miles southwest of Woodland, all in Yolo County, California. Magnetic variation is 16E.

The airport is used for general aviation; many flights are recreational or farm-related, with few commercial flights. The airport has an active skydiving community and is home to SkyDance SkyDiving school.^[2] The airport is also home to the Yolo Sportsman Association. The YSA facility has pistol, shotgun, and rifle ranges as well as small fishable lakes. Solono Targetmasters ^[3] conducts training and competitions for IDPA, and USPSA Practical shooters. The YSA clubhouse has a kitchen, vending machines, bathrooms, and a hall with seating for over 100 persons. Expect loud reports from shotguns during daylight hours.

This area is flat, floods, and is prone to fog in winter months. Expect winds from the west of 10-25kts starting 2 hours before sundown, lasting for several hours from June through September. These winds are known as "The Delta Breeze" and will result in temperatures dropping by up to 50 degrees before dying completely by morning. Dust and smoke picked up by these winds can reduce visibility dramatically at times.

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces and the United States Army Corps of Engineers about 1942 with a 6000 by 150 foot (1830 by 45 meter) asphalt-concrete north–south runway, and was known as Winters-Davis Flight Strip.^[4] It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights and later used as an auxiliary training airfield for Mather Army Airfield, California. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).

Facilities

Yolo County Airport covers 498 acres (202 ha ) at an elevation of 100 feet (30 m). Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m) asphalt.^[1]

Obstructions - Rwy 16; NONE
Obstructions - Rwy 34: 110 ft (34 m). trees, 3,500 ft (1,100 m). from runway, 30:1 slope to clear
REIL lights: NO
VSI: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Fuel 24 hours 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR

In 2002 the airport had 60,360 aircraft operations, average 165 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. 67 aircraft were then based at the airport: 85% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 2% jet and 3% helicopter.^[1]

Flood plain

The airport is built on what has been designated a flood plain, and flooding can be an issue especially during the winter months. In the early years of the airport's operations this was not as much of a problem, but as construction has taken place east of the field, natural drainage patterns have been disrupted and flooding has become more serious.^[4]

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References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for DWA PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
↑ "SkyDance SkyDiving" . Retrieved 12 July 2018.
↑ Solono Targetmasters Archived April 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
1 2 Mead and Hunt (September 2014). "Yolo County Airport Drainage Plan Update". Yolo County . Retrieved 12 June 2020.

External links

Yolo County Airport at Yolo County website
"Yolo County Airport: Comprehensive Land Use Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-20. (1.55 MB)
Aerial image as of 12 June 1993 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for DWA , effective January 25, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for DWA
- AirNav airport information for DWA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for DWA

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[FAA-1] 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for DWA PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.

[2] "SkyDance SkyDiving" . Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[3] Solono Targetmasters Archived April 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[yolo-flood-4] 1 2 Mead and Hunt (September 2014). "Yolo County Airport Drainage Plan Update". Yolo County . Retrieved 12 June 2020.

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