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KDFI Defiance Memorial Airport
Defiance, Ohio, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: DFI
Lat/Long: 41-20-15.0000N / 084-25-43.7000W
41-20.250000N / 084-25.728333W
41.3375000 / -84.4288056
(estimated)
Elevation: 707 ft. / 215.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 05W (2000)
From city: 4 miles NW of DEFIANCE, OH
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 43512

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1945
Sectional chart: DETROIT
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: CLEVELAND FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: DFI (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1800, ALL SAT 0800-1800, ALL SUN 1000-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 12/30 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RYS 12 & 30 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX ASOS: 121.425 (419-658-2301)
TOLEDO APPROACH: 134.35
TOLEDO DEPARTURE: 134.35

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
VWVr261/36.2WATERVILLE VOR/DME113.1002W
FDYr309/38.1FINDLAY VORTAC108.2002W
MAHr304/(39.6)MARATHON VOR114.9005W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
DEFIANCEat field24605WDFI -.. ..-. ..
BRYAN173/8.726004WBYN -... -.-- -.
FULTON224/21.037505WUSE ..- ... .
OTTAWA317/27.523305WPDR .--. -.. .-.
STANLEY021/29.741105WVFU ...- ..-. ..-
ANGOLA127/34.734705WANQ .- -. --.-
ADRIAN212/35.627806WADG .- -.. --.
BENTON RIDGE304/39.233405WBNR -... -. .-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: LOW
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 12/30

Dimensions: 4197 x 72 ft. / 1279 x 22 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 12  RUNWAY 30
Latitude: 41-20.394917N41-20.104450N
Longitude: 084-26.144433W084-25.312333W
Elevation: 706.8 ft.699.4 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 120 magnetic, 115 true300 magnetic, 295 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on leftnon-standard VASI system
SINGLE BOX PLASI LEFT SIDE OF RY.
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 50 ft. trees, 1374 ft. from runway, 159 ft. left of centerline, 23:1 slope to clear50 ft. trees, 1174 ft. from runway, 82 ft. left of centerline, 19:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: BOARD OF CO COMMISSIONERS
400 COURT STREET
DEFIANCE, OH 43512
Phone 419-782-4761
Manager: TONY SAXTON
20399 AIRPORT RD.
DEFIANCE, OH 43512
Phone 419-658-4444

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 27
Single engine airplanes: 24
Multi engine airplanes: 2
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 25/day *
56% local general aviation
22% transient general aviation
22% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 25 October 2006

Additional Remarks

RY 12/30 PARALLEL TWY RESTRICTED TO 5000 LBS MAX GWT.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 12   download (155KB)
NDB RWY 12   download (162KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

0G6 - Williams County Airport (9 nm NW)
7W5 - Henry County Airport (16 nm E)
KUSE - Fulton County Airport (21 nm NE)
KOWX - Putnam County Airport (27 nm SE)
KGWB - De Kalb County Airport (29 nm W)
 
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From to KDFI

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 24-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5509:55
Sunrise06:2710:27
Sunset21:0101:01
Evening civil twilight21:3301:33

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  24-Jul-2008 22:29:54
Local (UTC-4)  24-Jul-2008 18:29:54
 
METAR
KDFI 242153Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM BKN075 26/11 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02610106
TAF
KTOL 
32nm NE 
241723Z 241818 31008KT P6SM FEW250 FM0100 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM1300 23010KT P6SM SCT250
KFDY 
39nm SE 
241723Z 241818 28008KT P6SM FEW050 FM0100 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM1300 23010KT P6SM SCT250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
TAS Aviation UNICOM 122.70
419-658-4444
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[email]
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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AirNav users who flew into KDFI have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
COMFORT INN DEFIANCE 3.9 76-116
SUPER 8 MOTEL DEFIANCE 4.1 51-64
 

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Hotels in other cities near Defiance Memorial Airport

2 in Defiance
2 in Montpelier
 

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