New Castle Airport
ILG · KILG · Wilmington, Delaware · New Castle County · map
New Castle Airport is a public-use airport owned by Delaware River & Bay Authority, 4 miles south of Wilmington, Delaware, 80 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 7,275 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KILG · observed 4:51 pm EDT (20:51 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KILG 062051Z 30009KT 10SM CLR 17/03 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01720028 56018 PNO
TAF KILG 061720Z 0618/0718 30008KT P6SM FEW250 FM070100 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM071400 21007KT P6SM FEW250
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 ILG · ICAO KILG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Delaware River & Bay Authority
- Elevation
- 80 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 7,275 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 7,012 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,602 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, 7,000 ft available for landing, trees 49 ft high 1,125 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, 7,000 ft available for landing, trees 64 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 01: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), road 8 ft high 500 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 72 ft high 1,240 ft from the end
- Runway 14: trees 43 ft high 720 ft from the end
- Runway 32: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.0 | Wilmington |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Ilg and automated weather (ASOS) | 123.95 | Wilmington |
| Clearance delivery | 119.95 | Wilmington |
| Ground | 121.7 | Wilmington |
| Approach and departure | 118.35 | Wilmington |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Wilmington |
| Arlft and star | 132.425 | Wilmington |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 302-217-3317.
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 Wilmington from the FAA register
7,372 aircraft are registered to owners in Wilmington, Delaware: 3,845 piston singles, 1,007 business jets, 758 piston twins, 569 turboprops, 551 airliners and large jets. 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 · 23 since 1982, 6 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
- When tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 09, 27 and 19; PAPI runway 09 and 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for all aircraft over 7500 pounds except federal government; military.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 303 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at der 19.
- Runway 14/32 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. No part 121/PART 380 operations except for tax.
- Runway 14/32 NON-STANDARD military assault landing zone (alz) lighting.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 09/27 no tgl for turbo jet 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Taxilane 'G' northwest of taxiway 'H' ltd to aircraft with wingspan of 79 feet or less. Taxilane 'G' section btw taxiway 'H' and taxiway 'G1' ltd to aircraft with wingspan of 49 feet or less.
- When the control tower closed, pilots must announce intentions over the common traffic frequency before landings; takeoffs or gnd travel on runways and taxiways.
- Pvt gnd vehicles cross taxiway a between taxiways A4 and C.
- When the control tower closed announce emergencies on the common traffic frequency directly to rescue and firefighting (ARFF) station.
- Terminal apron closed except air carrier.
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.