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Airports In Delaware
This is a list of airports in Delaware (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code. From 2008 to 2013, Delaware was the only U.S state that had no airports in the FAA category known as ''commercial service'' (2,500+ boardings per year). In 2013, scheduled commercial airline passenger service became available at Wilmington Airport, but it ended in 2015. Commercial service to Wilmington Airport resumed in 2021, but ended again on June 6, 2022. Commercial service resumed in 2023. Airports See also * Delaware World War II Army Airfields References Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): FAA Airport Data (Form 5010)from National Flight Data Center (NFDC), also available froAirportIQ 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a airplane, plane to take off and to land or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as Air traffic control, control towers, hangars and airport terminal, terminals, to maintain and monitor aircraft. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and Airport lounge, lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, airports also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation. Airport operations are extremely complex, with a complicated system of aircraft support services, passenger services, and aircraft control services contained within the operation. Thus airpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware Coastal Airport
Delaware Coastal Airport is a public use airport in unincorporated Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Owned by the Sussex County Council, it is located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Georgetown. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility. The airport is known locally by various unofficial names, including County Airport and, especially, Georgetown Airport. In mid-June 2015, the Sussex County Council voted to rename the airport from Sussex County Airport to Delaware Coastal Airport. The rebranding was part of a $40 million effort to modernize the facility and boost economic development. The airport is home to the Delaware Aviation Museum, which features World War 2 aviation artifacts. The airport is also home to the Jeffrey Ethell Memorial Aviation Library, which houses more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Rehoboth Beach ( ) is a city on the Atlantic Ocean along the List of beaches in Delaware, Delaware Beaches in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of 2020, its population was 1,108. Along with the neighboring coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach is one of the principal cities of Delaware's rapidly growing Cape Region (Delaware), Cape Region. Rehoboth Beach lies within the Salisbury metropolitan area. As a popular, affluent vacation destination, especially for the communities of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia, Rehoboth Beach has many summer homes, including one owned by 46th U.S. President Joe Biden. During on-season, Rehoboth Beach's population expands to over 25,000 within the city limits and thousands more in the surrounding area in the summer. In 2011, the Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC awarded Rehoboth Beach with a 5-Star rating in water quality. This award was given only to 12 other locations, one being neighboring Dewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover Air Force Base
Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force (USAF) base under the operational control of Air Mobility Command (AMC), located southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware. The 436th Airlift Wing is the host wing, and runs the busiest and largest air freight terminal in the United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense. History 20th century Construction of Municipal Airport, Dover Airdrome began in March 1941 and the facility was opened on December 17, 1941. It was converted to a U.S. Army Air Corps airfield just weeks after the December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor. It was renamed Dover Army Airbase on April 8, 1943; *Dover Subbase on June 6, 1943, and Dover Army Airfield on February 2, 1944. With the establishment of the United States Air Force (USAF) on September 18, 1947, the facility was renamed Dover Air Force Base on January 13, 1948. World War II In March 1941, Dover Air Force Base was founded during World War II to meet the need of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins Airport
Jenkins Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Wyoming, a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Joe C. Jenkins. Facilities and aircraft Jenkins Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 53 feet (16 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway, which has a turf surface: runway 12/30 is 2,035 by 70 feet (620 x 21 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 60 aircraft operations, all general aviation, an average of 5 per month. This is down from 1,400 operations in 2011. At that time, there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single-engine airplanes, 1 multi-engine airplane, and 1 glider. The airport does not have a fixed-base operator, and no fuel is available. See also * List of airports in Delaware References External links * at Delaware DOT website Aerial image as of March 1992from USGS ''The Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming, Delaware
Wyoming is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It was named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 1,680 in 2020. History The community started when the nearby town of Camden would not grant access to the Delaware Railroad (later part of the Pennsylvania Railroad), which bypassed the town and built a railroad station one mile west of the center of town and named the area West Camden. In 1865, minister John J. Pierce moved to West Camden from the Wyoming Valley and laid out plots for new housing. Several individuals from the Wyoming Valley moved to the new community and it was decided to rename the community. The community, "Desiring to sever any shared identity or connection with Camden, residents chose to honor the new citizens by changing the name of the community to Wyoming." A post office was erected in 1866 and the community was incorporated into a town in 1869. The Lewis Family Tenant Agricultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smyrna Airport (Delaware)
Smyrna Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Barbara Jones. Facilities and aircraft Smyrna Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 18 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway: designated as Runway 10/28, it measures 2,600 x 125 ft (792 x 38 m) and has a turf surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 3,080 aircraft operations, an average of 59 per week. It was entirely general aviation. For the same time period, 10 aircraft were based at the airport: 8 single-engine airplanes and 2 gliders. The airport does not have a fixed-base operator, and no fuel is available. See also * List of airports in Delaware References External links * at Delaware DOT The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is an agency of the U.S. state of Delaware. The Secretary of Transportatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smyrna, Delaware
Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover metropolitan statistical area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2020, the population of the town is 12,883. The international jurist John Bassett Moore was born in Smyrna, as were politicians Louis McLane and James Williams. History Smyrna was originally called Duck Creek Cross Roads and received its current name in 1806 after the Greek seaport of Smyrna in present-day Turkey. The town was located along the north–south King's Highway. Smyrna was originally a shipping center along the Duck Creek and was the most important port between Wilmington and Lewes, shipping grain, lumber, tanbark, and produce to points north. After the shipping industry collapsed in the 1850s, the town would continue to be an agricultural center. Another account of Smyrna's name goes back to the Second Great Awakening of 1806–1807 when Methodist preacher Frances Asbury preached a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurel Airport (Delaware)
Laurel Airport is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Laurel, a city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Dest Inc. It is currently referred to as Laurel Airport by both the Federal Aviation Administration and Delaware Department of Transportation. However, it had been renamed Western Sussex Airport-Booth Field by a prior owner known as Aerospace House Inc. Facilities and aircraft Laurel Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 30 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33, with a turf surface measuring 3,175 by 270 ft (968 x 82 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 4,100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 79 per week. At that time, there were 7 aircraft based at the airport, all single-engine airplanes. The airport also offers a skydiving program, Skydive Delmarva. See also * List of airp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurel, Delaware
Laurel is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 3,865 at the time of the 2020 census. Laurel is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. It once hosted the Laurel Blue Hens of the Eastern Shore Baseball League. History The site of the town of Laurel was a Nanticoke Indian settlement known as Broad Creek Town during most of the eighteenth century. Its Nanticoke name is unknown. The Indian settlement was created on tracts known as Bachelor's Delight and Greenland in 1711 when the government of Maryland, who originally claimed this part of Delaware, set aside land for the Nanticoke Indians. Nearly all the Indian settlers left within 50 years, relocating to western Pennsylvania. The present town was laid out along the Broad Creek in the 1790s and was named for the laurel bushes that grew alongside the creek. On March 29, 1929, the town was merged with the neighboring town of North Laurel which comprised most of the cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderson Aviation Airport
Henderson Aviation Airport (also known as Albanna Aviation Airport) is an airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Felton, a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Emad Albanna. As of May 2023, a NOTAM marks the airport as closed except to aircraft with prior permission to land there. Facilities and aircraft Henderson Aviation Airport, founded by and originally named for David O Henderson, covers an area of at an elevation of 50 feet (15 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a turf surface measuring 2,048 by 40 feet (624 x 12 m). For the 12 month period ending August 29, 2017, the airport averages 10 aircraft operations per year, all general aviation. This is down from 1,800 operations per year in 2002. The airport does not have a fixed-base operator and has no fuel. Accidents and incidents * On August 1, 2005, a Grumman Ag Cat was returning to Albanna Aviati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felton, Delaware
Felton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area, Dover metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,568 in 2020. History Established in 1856 as a whistle stop along the Delaware Railroad, Felton was named after Samuel Morse Felton Sr., Samuel M. Felton Sr., then-president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. As president, he was responsible for developing the Railroad in Delaware's rural areas, and by extension, the town's existence. Felton was incorporated on February 2, 1861, and passenger rail service would continue to the town until the early 1950s. The Coombe Historic District, Thomas B. Coursey House, Felton Historic District, Felton Railroad Station, and Hughes Early Man Sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Felton is located at (39.0084464, –75.5779807). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
