Runways at KDMA
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Davis Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson) has one runway: 12/30 - 4,158 m long (13,643 ft), 61 m wide, asphalt surface.
Davis Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson) (KDMA / DMA)
United States · elevation 2704 ft AMSL
· 32.1665, -110.8830
About Davis Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson)
Davis Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson) is an airport with the ICAO code KDMA and the IATA code DMA. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Tucson. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KD prefix, which marks airports in United States. The four-letter code KDMA is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code DMA is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 32°09'59"N, 110°52'59"W, at an elevation of 2,704 ft (824 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Phoenix.
Satellite view of KDMA
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of KDMA
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 120° | 4,158 m (13,643 ft) | 61 m (200 ft) | asphalt |
| 30 | 300° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Davis Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson) - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from KDMA for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 25,638 METAR reports issued by KDMA in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 99% of the time, MVFR <1% and IFR or LIFR <1%. Best month for VFR flying: September (100% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: March (<1%).
IFR and LIFR conditions are rare here at any time of day.
Fog practically did not occur here. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 23 days a year on average, and snowfall on 1.
The wind most often blows from SE (135°) - 13% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 13% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 1%. Warmest month: July (average high 40.1 °C); coldest: January (average low 4.1 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 99%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- <1%
- Avg high
- 29.8 °C
- Avg low
- 14.9 °C
- Fog days
- 0
- Thunderstorm days
- 23
- Snow days
- 1
- Prevailing wind
- SE · 13%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- 1%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 99%
- MVFR <1%
- IFR <1%
- LIFR <1%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 13%
Most often: SE - 13% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.0 | 4.1 | 99% | <1% | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| February | 21.7 | 6.6 | 99% | <1% | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| March | 23.0 | 8.2 | 99% | <1% | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| April | 28.6 | 11.1 | 100% | <1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 33.0 | 16.6 | 100% | <1% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| June | 38.3 | 22.3 | 100% | <1% | 0 | 1.3 | 0 |
| July | 40.1 | 26.2 | 99% | <1% | 0 | 6.7 | 0 |
| August | 38.3 | 25.6 | 100% | <1% | 0 | 8.9 | 0 |
| September | 36.2 | 22.7 | 100% | <1% | 0 | 3.4 | 0 |
| October | 32.4 | 17.0 | 100% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 24.8 | 10.4 | 100% | 0% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| December | 22.7 | 8.0 | 99% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 12/30 on 120° and 300° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 12/30 axis, wind from the south-west (around 210°) or from the north-east (around 30°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 120° or 300° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for KDMA
Weather reports for Davis Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson) are published under the ICAO code KDMA. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the KDMA report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KDMA, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Phoenix zone stays at GMT-07:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Tucson International Airport (KTUS, 8 km), Ryan Field (Tucson) (KRYN, 28 km), Marana Regional Airport (KAVQ, 41 km). When no report is available for KDMA, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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