Smyrna Airport
38N · Smyrna, Delaware · Kent County · map
Smyrna Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile east of Smyrna, Delaware, 18 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,600 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)).
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What is the airport code for Smyrna Airport?
Its FAA code is 38N.
Where is Smyrna Airport?
It is 1 mile east of Smyrna, Delaware, 18 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Smyrna Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,600 feet long, grass.
Does Smyrna Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Smyrna Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas).
Are there flight schools at Smyrna Airport?
6 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Dover Afb Aero Club and Delaware State University. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Smyrna Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 27 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Smyrna Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 38N
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,600 × 125 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: trees 55 ft high 1,041 ft from the end
- Runway 28: trees 62 ft high 1,254 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Dover Air Force Base (12 nm southeast), Summit Airport (15 nm northwest), New Castle Airport (23 nm north), Millville Municipal (24 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Delaware · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Migratory water fowl on and in the vicinity of airport OCT-FEB.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 DUSK-2400 - the common traffic frequency.
- Low-intensity runway lights out of service indefinitely.
- Rolling surface.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Smyrna from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Smyrna, Delaware: 11 drones, 7 piston singles, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Delaware.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Dover Afb Aero Club 1 aircraft · Dover Afb, 13 miles away
- Delaware State University 19 aircraft · Dover, 14 miles away
- Delaware State University Aviation Program 5 aircraft · Dover, 14 miles away
- Delpenn Flyers INC 2 aircraft · Dover, 14 miles away Del-Penn Flyers is a flying club founded in 1973 that provides affordable flying opportunities to members through a fleet of well-maintained aircraft.
- Delaware River Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Dover, 14 miles away
- Rl Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Dover, 14 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 27 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 76 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- David Nelson Burton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Millville, NJ (24 nm) · (609) 247-0453 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · New Garden Airport N57 · Toughkenamon, PA (33 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- Richard Stephen Washart private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · WWD Flight Level Aviation · Rio Grande, NJ (37 nm) · (609) 427-3956 · [email protected]
- Curt Tucker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, helicopters · Easton, MD (38 nm) · (202) 369-1886 · [email protected]
- Edward Ambler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Easton, MD (38 nm) · (410) 310-3155 · [email protected]
- Jude Gallagher private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); helicopters · Middle River, MD (38 nm) · (315) 767-7707 · [email protected]
- Michael Wayne Deruggiero private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Brett Aviation - Martin State Airport (KMTN) · Middle River, MD (38 nm) · (410) 299-6502 · [email protected]
- Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Middle River Flight Center · Middle River, MD (38 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · [email protected]
All 134 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Smyrna 19 aircraft · 11 drones, 7 piston singles, 1 business jets
- Delaware Department of Transportation 7 aircraft in town
- Delaware Emergency Management Agency 2 aircraft in town
- Dover Afb Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Delaware State University 19 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Delaware State University Aviation Program 5 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Accidents and incidents in Delaware 116 since 1982 · 16 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Delaware 11 landing places
- Delaware 10,952 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/38N.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.