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KDFI Defiance Memorial Airport
Defiance, Ohio, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 NOVEMBER 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 -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Savings 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: 20
Single engine airplanes: 18
Multi engine airplanes: 1
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 20 November 2008 at 0901Z and 18 December 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 01-Dec-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:1512:15
Sunrise07:4612:46
Sunset17:0822:08
Evening civil twilight17:3922:39

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  02-Dec-2008 04:35:57
Local (UTC-5)  01-Dec-2008 23:35:57
 
METAR
KDFI 020353Z AUTO 25009G14KT 10SM OVC015 M02/M04 A2984 RMK AO2 SNE17 SLP111 P0000 T10171039
TAF
KTOL 
32nm NE 
020332Z 0204/0224 26012G20KT P6SM OVC060 TEMPO 0204/0206 5SM -SHSN OVC025 FM020600 26010KT P6SM SCT025 OVC035 FM021400 24012KT P6SM OVC035
KFDY 
39nm SE 
020409Z 0204/0224 25018G26KT 4SM -SN BR OVC015 TEMPO 0204/0206 2SM -SN BR OVC010 FM020700 25014KT P6SM OVC025 TEMPO 0207/0208 5SM -SHSN FM020800 25012KT P6SM BKN025 OVC035 FM021500 23014KT P6SM OVC035
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

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TAS Aviation UNICOM 122.70
419-658-4444
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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COMFORT INN DEFIANCE 3.9 68-116
SUPER 8 DEFIANCE OH 4.1 70-74
 

Other hotels near Defiance Memorial Airport

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HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS DEFIANCE 3.9 

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3 in Defiance
3 in Montpelier
 

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