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Chorman Airport

D74 · Farmington, Delaware · Kent County · map

Chorman Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles southwest of Farmington, Delaware, 65 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,585 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA D74
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
65 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to dusk
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
On the chart
Washington sectional
Magnetic variation
11W
In the FAA's files since
October 1991

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1634N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/343,585 × 50 ftAsphalt, excellentLow-intensity lights
  • Runway 34: threshold displaced 438 ft, pole 24 ft high 250 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Farmington from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Farmington, DE as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal

2015-11-27ERA16CA057 · Boeing A75N1(Pt17) N53488 · accident · no injuries
2014-06-18ERA14LA321 · Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G 164B N891JC · accident · minor injuries
2007-11-04NYC08LA024 · Blondin 601Hds N27S · accident · 2 killed

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Provided VFR, private use, that 41 feet cedar tree south of airport lowered to give 20:1 approach surface; runway end be displaced 90 feet due to public road south of runway; width of primary surface should be 250 feet with obstructions cleared 125 feet on either side of runway.
  • Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
  • Agriculture spraying activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; low-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Loading pad adjacent to east side runway 34.

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 5, 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.