Chorman Airport is a public use
airport located two
nautical mile
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s (4
km) southwest of the
central business district
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of
Farmington
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...
, a town in
Kent County, Delaware
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, United States.
It is privately owned by Allen Chorman.
Facilities and aircraft
Chorman Airport covers an area of 134
acre
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s (54
ha) at an
elevation of 66 feet (20 m) above
mean sea level. It has one
runway designated 16/34 with an
asphalt surface measuring 3,588 by 37 feet (1,094 x 11 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 14,600
general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 40 per day. At that time there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 89.5% single-
engine and 10.5% multi-engine.
See also
*
List of airports in Delaware
References
External links
* at
Delaware DOT
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airport directory
Aerial image as of March 1992from
USGS ''
The National Map''
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