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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.
New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), which first opened its doors way back on October 1, 1928, is located just 15 miles southwest of Midtown Manhattan. One of three major ...
The airport opened on October 1, 1928, dubbed the Newark Metropolitan Airport. [16] It was the first major airport to serve the New York metropolitan area, [17] the first commercial airport in the United States and the first with a paved airstrip. [18] The first lease for space at Newark Airport was signed by Canadian Colonial Airways in April ...
Wilmington Airport (IATA: ILG, ICAO: KILG, FAA LID: ILG) (formerly known as New Castle Airport, New Castle County Airport, sometimes referred to as Wilmington-New Castle Airport, or to a lesser extent Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport and Greater Wilmington Airport) is an airport located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, [1] near Wilmington, Delaware. [2]
Newark (/ ˈ nj uː ɑːr k / NEW-ark) [note 1] is a small city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.It is located 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Wilmington.According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 31,454. [5]
Newark Metropolitan, opened in 1928, was the first major airport in the United States. The trio of Art Deco buildings, the Administration Building, Brewster Hangar and the Medical Building, were built in 1934 and dedicated by Amelia Earhart in 1935. [ 3 ]
The airport is known locally by various unofficial names, including County Airport and, especially, Georgetown Airport. [5] 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 ...
Delaware Municipal Airport covers an area of 325 acres (132 ha) which contains one runway designated 10/28 with a 5,800 ft × 100 ft (1,768 m × 30 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending September 22, 2020, the airport had 39,300 aircraft operations, an average of 108 per day: 92% general aviation and 8% air taxi .