Delaware Coastal Airport
GED · KGED · Georgetown, Delaware · Sussex County · map
Delaware Coastal Airport is a public-use airport owned by Sussex County Council, 2 miles southeast of Georgetown, Delaware, 53 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 65 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 32,900 takeoffs and landings a year. About 58 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KGED · observed 5:54 pm EDT (21:54 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGED 062154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/03 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP193 T01670028
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GED · ICAO KGED
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sussex County Council
- Elevation
- 53 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 3,109 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), threshold displaced 370 ft, trees 49 ft high 1,258 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 169 ft
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.425 | |
| Ged and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 | |
| Apt Remark 8 With Gco Freq | 125.55 | · Gco available on frequency 125.55. |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 302-855-1052.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 32,900, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Georgetown from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Georgetown, Delaware: 31 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 drones, 1 turboprop. 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 Delaware.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 3 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate mals runway 4; runway end identifier lights runway 04, 22, 10, 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport unatndd thanksgiving day and christmas day.
- Park and tie down fees.
- Runway 04/22 subj to fqt runway aircraft backtaxi operations.
- Paew within safety area of runways and taxiways.
- Birds, deer, and other wildlife in the vicinity of runways.
- Gco available on frequency 125.55.
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.