BASED AT DELAWARE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DLZ), DELAWARE, OHIO 

OFFICERS   ACTIVITIES   PLANES 'N PROJECTS  MESSAGE BOARD   HOME   LINKS 
 

About Delaware Municipal Airport

Delaware Municipal Airport is operated by the City of Delaware, Ohio. (Click LINKS above to visit the City's airport web site.) Our EAA Chapter has enjoyed a long working relationship not only with the City, but before that with the previous FBO, Flyer's Service Corp.
Flyers Service Corp. was the on-site management of the airport for many years. Run by Tim Edwards and his family, FSC rented aircraft, provided flying lessons and aircraft maintenance, managed hangar rental and sold fuel.
This photo shows shirts removed after the first solo flight from some of the many pilots who received pilot's training from FSC instructors.
In 1996, funding for a massive airport improvement enabled the restructuring of airport buildings, and the building of a runway long enough to accommodate jet traffic. At the same time, new taxiways were created, navaids were upgraded and all buildings were moved across the runway and to the opposite end of the airport.  The airport now opens onto Pittsburgh Drive.
In this shot, the main hangar is headed westbound down the runway to its new home on the northwest corner of the airport. Luckily, it never got going fast enough to develop lift.
The original "business" end of the airport now shows little signs of the buildings, ramp and fuel farm that served many decades, and the old Airport Road is now mostly abandoned.
The ramp area today is a modern complex of office, hangar and business centers, reflecting the City's commitment to aviation commerce of all types. Shown here is the spacious, ultra-modern JetStream Corporate Center, offering a wide range of aviation services including aviation medical exams by Dr. John Schoettmer.  Visit JetStream's web at http://www.jetstreamcorporatecenter.com
 Airspace Place is a new concept in hangar rental (without the rental), offering ownership opportunities and ultra-modern hangars, plus a spacious and well-equipped Flight Planning Center and Aviation Club facility.
Airspace Place is one more example of Delaware Municipal Airport's entrepreneurial attitude, offering business opportunities that pay off in big benefits to based and transient owners and pilots alike. Visit their web site at http://www.airspaceplace.com/delaware/main.html
Capital Aircraft Sales, Inc. is a full service Aircraft Brokerage listing and selling aircraft in the US and internationally. Jim Elswick and Rich Mecurio offer turnkey transitions from or two ownership. Visit their web site at www.capital-aircraft.com.
The Delaware Airport Administration Building offers everything based and transient pilots and crew members could want. Included are a pilot's lounge, a meeting room and a flight planning room with real time weather radar as well as free wireless internet.
Complete ramp service is available during normal business hours, as well as callout after hours. The airport's facilities include WAAS/AWOS, lavatory service, GPU service, overnight hangars, as well as available limos and catering.  Unicom is 122.7. Web site is http://www.delawareohio.net/departments/airport
One of the newest buildings on the airport is our EAA Vintage Aircraft Chapter 27 Pavilion, where we hold social functions and our now famous Saturday Pancake Breakfasts. Make sure to join us the 3rd Saturday of each month between May and September. Complete with a fully functional kitchen and plenty of sheltered eating area, this facility is a great place to enjoy fellowship with other pilots, both fly-in and drive-in.
The facility was built in partnership between chapter members and City personnel, along with  numerous generous donations of funds and material.
The three original buildings from the old airport site are now firmly in place and completely modernized. The Admin building, the maintenance hangar and the Russell hangar, now used for airport support vehicles. The maintenance hangar, (center),  is home to Shamrock Air Services, LLC, offering service by Shane Young, A&P, IA.
Here's Charlie Mitchell, one of the "Founding Fathers" of the airport, standing beside his (then) new Stinson.
Back when the airport (and Charlie) were both young, the airport's informal "country" atmosphere made private flying far less complicated than it is today.
When the City took over management of the airport a few years ago, it was feared by some that the fun was going to end. Fortunately, those fears were ill-founded, and the City's modernization, upgrades and management have done little to weaken the spirit of aviation "fun" that has always been so strong at DLZ.
If he were still with us today, Charlie would be very proud of what he helped start.