Delaware Muni/Jim Moore Field
DLZ · KDLZ · Delaware, Ohio · Delaware County · map
Delaware Muni/Jim Moore Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Delaware, 3 miles southwest of Delaware, Ohio, 945 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 93 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 39,300 takeoffs and landings a year. About 16 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KDLZ · observed 6:35 am EDT (10:35 UTC), 23 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 700 feet
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KDLZ 121035Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM OVC007 16/16 A3002 RMK AO2
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
8 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- E170 at 6,000 ft, 20 nm southeast, 6:00 am EDT (10:00 UTC): remarks: during the climb.
as filed, and in English
CMH UA /OV CMH/TM 1000/FL060/TP E170/SK B008-TOP031/RM DURC
- Report
- a routine report filed through CMH
- Where
- over CMH
- Time
- 10:00 UTC
- Height
- at 6,000 ft
- Aircraft
- E170
- Sky
- B008-TOP031
- Remarks
- during the climb
- B737 at 39,000 ft, 25 nm east, 4:40 am EDT (08:40 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed, and in English
CMH UA /OV APE/TM 0840/FL390/TP B737/TB CONS LGT CHOP 390 NEG 350-330
- Report
- a routine report filed through CMH
- Where
- over APE
- Time
- 08:40 UTC
- Height
- at 39,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B737
- Turbulence
- continuous light chop at 39,000 ft no from 35,000 ft to 33,000 ft
- A21N at 33,000 ft, 43 nm west, 4:07 am EDT (08:07 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed, and in English
DAY UA /OV ROD/TM 0807/FL330/TP A21N/TB OCNL LT CHOP
- Report
- a routine report filed through DAY
- Where
- over ROD
- Time
- 08:07 UTC
- Height
- at 33,000 ft
- Aircraft
- A21N
- Turbulence
- occasional lt chop
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CMH, 20 nm southeast), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 320° at 12 kt; 6,000 ft: 340° at 26 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 340° at 22 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 320° at 24 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 320° at 32 kt, -7 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DLZ · ICAO KDLZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Delaware
- Elevation
- 945 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,800 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, hill 144 ft high 3,061 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 75 ft high 1,476 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.95 | |
| Dlz and aWOS-3PT | 119.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 740-203-1878.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 80 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 39,300, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,300 |
| general aviation, local | 33,000 |
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.
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 Delaware from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Delaware, Ohio: 37 piston singles, 4 drones, 4 business jets, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Ohio.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Union County (11 nm west), Ohio State University Airport (12 nm south), John Glenn Columbus International (20 nm southeast).
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 Ohio · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Delaware, by their names on the register:
- Murnville Glenlove Flyers LTD 1 aircraft
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 16 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 5 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 39 training center evaluators, 33 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Christine Shumway Mortine private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Delaware Municipal Airport · Delaware, OH (0 nm) · (614) 205-3129 · cbechris@gmail.com
- John Richard Cooper JR private pilot, commercial and instrument; helicopters · Delaware County Airport · Delaware, OH (0 nm) · (937) 209-0483 · jcooper5000@aol.com
- John Ginley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dublin, OH (10 nm) · (330) 414-7773 · jginley712@yahoo.com
- Angela Graziosi private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Galena, OH (12 nm) · (614) 746-4090 · graziosi2024@outlook.com
- Candi Jo Roby private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · The Ohio State University Airport · Columbus, OH (20 nm) · (740) 417-0086 · roby.32@osu.edu
- Paul Anthony Palmisciano private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · OHio State University Airport · Columbus, OH (20 nm) · (614) 395-1639 · paulpalmisciano@gmail.com
- robert headley private pilot (proficiency) · columbus, OH (20 nm) · (330) 283-6860 · robertjheadley@aol.com
- Andrew David Humphrey sport pilot; airplanes · Heavenbound Aviation · Johnstown, OH (22 nm) · (740) 644-4690 · andy@heavenboundaviation.com
All 115 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR only.
- Occasional deer and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Prior cdn required.
- Closed thanksgiving, christmas, and new years.
- Calm wind runway.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline.
- Intmt night act at quarry off west end of runway 10.
- Ultralight traffic rmn south of runway at 400 feet above ground level.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Delaware 47 aircraft · 37 piston singles, 4 drones, 4 business jets
- Spencer Aviation INC 4 aircraft in town
- Heritage Cooperative 4 aircraft in town
- Cbr Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Murnville Glenlove Flyers LTD 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,877 since 1982 · 249 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Ohio 149 landing places
- Ohio 8,518 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DLZ.json.
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 9, 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.