Defiance Memorial
DFI · KDFI · Defiance, Ohio · Defiance County · map
Defiance Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the Board of CO Commissioners, 4 miles northwest of Defiance, Ohio, 707 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 4,199 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DFI · ICAO KDFI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Board of CO Commissioners
- Elevation
- 707 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,199 × 72 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 66 ft high 1,324 ft from the end
- Runway 30: pulsating on the left, trees 84 ft high 1,762 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.35 | |
| Dfi and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.425 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 419-658-2301.
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Aircraft registered in Defiance from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Defiance, Ohio: 8 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 drone, 1 balloon. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Ohio.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal
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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset low intst.
- Prior cdn required for hngr.
- Ropes not provided.
- 100LL and jet a+ available H24 self service via credit card.
- Deer, birds, and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- For aft hours aces to lobby see sign on terminal door.
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.