Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Delaware Airpark is a small public-use general aviation field near Dover and Cheswold, Delaware, seeing low overall traffic each year. It has a single paved runway and relies on self-service fuel rather than an FBO presence.
Delaware Airpark has one paved runway, 09/27, 4,201 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Delaware Airpark has 100LL available on the field. Fueling is available from 8:30am to 4:30pm, daily, and the airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Delaware Airpark does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Dover AFB (KDOV), 8 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Delaware Airpark recorded 91 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in November. Business aviation traffic at Delaware Airpark is concentrated in the second half of the year, with November and July showing the highest monthly counts.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month November, 20 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Delaware Airpark averages 10.7 days above 90°F in July, 21.6 freeze days in January and 1.5 snow days in February. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 86.9°F, and January the coldest, at 44.4°F.
Weather station is 6.2 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Delaware Airpark has published operating constraints in four categories: access, runway notes, environmental and other notes.
Aircraft too large for this field are unable to operate here; the alternate facility is Dover AFB civil air terminal, and prior permission is required.
Transient aircraft parking is located north of the terminal building. Additional transient parking is available on the apron west of the T-hangars. The east apron is closed to transient aircraft parking.
REIL for runway 09 and 27, and MIRL for runway 09/27, are pilot-activated on CTAF.
Calm wind runway.
A 94 ft tree is located 0.3 NM west of the runway.
A 57 ft power line is located 0.2 NM east of the runway.
Aircraft are not visible on the opposite end of the runway due to the runway gradient.
Deer and birds are present on and in the vicinity of the airport.
Self-service credit card fuel is available 24 hours.
Mowing operations are conducted from 0700 to 1500, April through October.
Airport conditions are unmonitored between 1630 and 0830.
For clearance delivery, contact Washington ARTCC.
Significant fixed-wing and helicopter flight training occurs in the vicinity of the airpark.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Delaware Airpark has five airfields within 31 NM. The closest is Dover AFB (KDOV), 8.24 NM southeast.
Part of the Philadelphia area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
$600.00 catering order at 33N.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
No. Delaware Airpark stocks only 100LL avgas, available 24 hours through self-service credit card fueling. Operators needing Jet A should plan to use a nearby facility instead.
Transient aircraft park north of the terminal building at Delaware Airpark, with additional transient parking on the apron west of the T-hangars. The east apron is closed to transient aircraft parking.
No. Delaware Airpark is attended daily from 0830 to 1630, and field conditions are unmonitored between 1630 and 0830. Aircraft too large for the field are advised to use Dover AFB civil air terminal as an alternate, with prior permission required.