This is a list of airport

Airport

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s in Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

(a U.S. state

U.S. state

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), 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

Federal Aviation Administration

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 or airports assigned an IATA

International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

 airport code.

Delaware is the only U.S state that currently has no airports in the FAA category

FAA airport categories

The United States Federal Aviation Administration has a system for categorizing public-use airports that is primarily based on the level of commercial passenger traffic through each facility. It is used to determine if an airport is eligible for funding through the federal government's Airport...

 known as commercial service (2,500+ boardings/year). Scheduled commercial airline service was formerly available at New Castle Airport

New Castle Airport

New Castle Airport , also known as the New Castle County Airport, is a public airport located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States and four miles south of the central business district of the city of Wilmington....

.

Airports

This list contains the following information:

• City served - The city generally associated with the airport. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve.
• FAA - The location identifier
  Location identifier
  A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
  
   assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration
  Federal Aviation Administration
  The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
  
   (FAA). These are linked to each airport's page (PDF
  Portable Document Format
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  ) at the Delaware Department of Transportation.
• IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association
  International Air Transport Association
  The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
  
   (IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.
• ICAO - The location indicator
  International Civil Aviation Organization airport code
  The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...
  
   assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO).
• Airport name - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
• Role - One of four FAA airport categories
  FAA airport categories
  The United States Federal Aviation Administration has a system for categorizing public-use airports that is primarily based on the level of commercial passenger traffic through each facility. It is used to determine if an airport is eligible for funding through the federal government's Airport...
  
  , as per the 2009-2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. It is developed and maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration . Its purposes are:* to identify all the airports in the U.S...
  
   (NPIAS) Report:
  • P: Commercial Service - Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
    • L: Large Hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
    • M: Medium Hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
    • S: Small Hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
    • N: Non-Hub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements.
  • CS: Commercial Service - Non-Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
  • R: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
  • GA: General Aviation
    General aviation
    General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
    
    airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.
• Enpl. - The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar year
  Calendar year
  Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day. By convention, a calendar year consists of a natural number of days. To reconcile the calendar year with an astronomical cycle , certain years...
  
   2008, as per FAA records.

City served	FAA	IATA	ICAO	Airport name	Role	Enpl.
				Reliever Airports
Middletown Middletown, Delaware Middletown is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the town is 18,871.-Geography:Middletown is located at with an elevation of ....	EVY		KEVY	Summit Airport Summit Airport (Delaware) Summit Airport is a public-use airport located five miles north of the central business district of Middletown, in New Castle County, Delaware, United States...	R	1
				General Aviation Airports
Dover Dover, Delaware The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...  / Cheswold Cheswold, Delaware Cheswold is a town in Kent County in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,380 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Cheswold is located at ....	33N			Delaware Airpark Delaware Airpark Delaware Airpark is a public airport serves the Dover area and is located one mile west of the central business district of Cheswold, a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is owned by the Delaware River and Bay Authority....	GA	1
Georgetown Georgetown, Delaware Georgetown is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to 2010 census figures, the population of the town is 6,422, an increase of 38.3% over the previous decade...	GED	GED	KGED	Sussex County Airport Sussex County Airport Sussex County Airport is a public airport located two miles southeast of the central business district of Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. This general aviation airport is publicly-owned by Sussex County.- Facilities :...	GA	23
Wilmington Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...	ILG	ILG	KILG	New Castle Airport New Castle Airport New Castle Airport , also known as the New Castle County Airport, is a public airport located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States and four miles south of the central business district of the city of Wilmington....	GA New Castle Airport is listed as a commercial service - non-primary airport in the 2009-2013 NPIAS, but is a general aviation airport based on 2008 enplanements (scheduled service ended April 2008).	1,182
				Other Public-Use Airports (not listed in NPIAS)
Dover Dover, Delaware The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...	0N4			Chandelle Estates Airport Chandelle Estates Airport Chandelle Estates Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Dover, in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by RJR Airdrome, Inc.- Facilities and aircraft :...
Farmington Farmington, Delaware Farmington is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 110 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Farmington is located at ....	D74			Chorman Airport Chorman Airport Chorman Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Farmington, in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Allen Chorman.- Facilities and aircraft :...
Felton Felton, Delaware Felton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,298 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Felton is located at ....	0N6			Henderson Aviation Airport Henderson Aviation Airport Henderson Aviation Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Felton, a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Emad Albanna.- Facilities and aircraft :...
Laurel Laurel, Delaware As of the census of 2000, there were 3,668 people, 1,389 households, and 957 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,215.9 people per square mile . There were 1,561 housing units at an average density of 943.0 per square mile...	N06			Laurel Airport
Smyrna 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, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area...	38N			Smyrna Airport Smyrna Airport (Delaware) Smyrna Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile east of the central business district of Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Barbara Jones.- Facilities and aircraft :...
Wyoming 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, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area...	15N			Jenkins Airport Jenkins Airport Jenkins Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile 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 :...
				Other Military Airports
Dover Dover, Delaware The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...	DOV	DOV	KDOV	Dover Air Force Base Dover Air Force Base Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base located two miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.-Units:...  / Civil Air Terminal at Dover AFB Dover Air Force Base Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base located two miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.-Units:...		857
				Notable Former Airports
Rehoboth Beach Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Rehoboth Beach is a city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population is 1,327, a decrease of 11.2% from 2000...	REH			Rehoboth Airport

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