New Castle Airport

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• 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

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 302-217-3317.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Summit Airport (11 nm southwest), Brandywine Regional (19 nm north), Philadelphia International (20 nm northeast).

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

• 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.
• Txl G northwest of taxiway H ltd to aircraft with wingspan of 79 feet or less. Txl 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 annc intns over the common traffic frequency bfr 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 annc emergencies on the common traffic frequency drctly to rescue and firefighting (ARFF) station.
• Terminal apron closed except air carrier.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 47,150, 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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in Wilmington from the FAA register

7,375 aircraft are registered to owners in Wilmington, Delaware: 3,840 piston singles, 1,004 business jets, 758 piston twins, 572 turboprops, 554 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, 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

Fuel and service companies in Wilmington, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• Fb Aviation Services LLC
• P3 Aviation Services LLC
• Hammonds Hangars INC
• Image Aviation Services LLC
• Raincross Aviation Services INC
• Aerospace Aviation Services INC
• Baldmans Aircraft Services LLC
• C & K Aviation Services LLC

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles (12 nearest of 33, all in Delaware):

• Career Pilot Training LLC 42 aircraft · Wilmington flyGATEWAY is a flight school offering FAA-approved career pilot programs and Cirrus Platinum Training Center instruction across six locations in Delaware and Pennsylvania.
• Flight Training Aircraft LLC 21 aircraft · Wilmington
• Aviation Training LLC 11 aircraft · Wilmington
• Fly Gateway Aviation Institute 6 aircraft · Wilmington flyGATEWAY is a flight school offering FAA-approved career pilot programs and Cirrus Platinum Training Center instruction across six locations in the Mid-Atlantic region (Delaware and Pennsylvania).
• Skylark Flight Training LLC 4 aircraft · Wilmington
• Oregonian Flying Club 3 aircraft · Wilmington
• Professional Flyers Corporation 3 aircraft · Wilmington
• Thermalator Soaring Association LLC 3 aircraft · Wilmington
• Aeronca Flyers INC 2 aircraft · Wilmington
• Jones Flying Association 2 aircraft · Wilmington
• Junfer Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Wilmington
• Alpha Golf Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Wilmington

Charter operators and airlines based in Wilmington (12 of 59):

• Great Western Air LLC 25 aircraft on the certificate
• Elite Air, Inc. 20 aircraft on the certificate
• Fly Alliance, Inc. 18 aircraft on the certificate Fly Alliance operates on-demand private jet charter flights, jet card memberships, aircraft management, and aircraft sales.
• Planet Nine Private Air LLC 17 aircraft on the certificate Planet Nine Private Air offers aircraft management services and on-demand private jet charter flights using a floating fleet of ultra-long range jets.
• Prime Jet, LLC 16 aircraft on the certificate Prime Jet is an aircraft management and private charter operator specializing in Gulfstream aircraft.
• Worldwide Jet Charter, Inc. 16 aircraft on the certificate
• Pak West Airlines INC 13 aircraft on the certificate
• Club Jet Charter LLC 12 aircraft on the certificate
• DoubleDay Aviation, Inc. 12 aircraft on the certificate DoubleDay Aviation operates charter flights and flight training services from Greenville, South Carolina.
• Aztec Worldwide Airlines INC 11 aircraft on the certificate Aztec Airways operates scheduled passenger flights and private charters from Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) to destinations throughout the Bahamas Out Islands and Caribbean.
• Charter Airlines, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate Air Charter Service is a global aircraft charter broker offering private jet, group, and cargo aircraft charters.
• Venture Aviation Group, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate Venture Aviation Group is a full-service aircraft management, brokerage and charter company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.

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.

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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles