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New Castle Airport (IATA: ILG, ICAO: KILG, FAA LID: ILG), also known as the New Castle County Airport, is a public airport turn up in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States and 4 land mile (6 kilometre) southward of the central downtown of the town of Wilmington.

Overview

The airport has 1 depot, which assisted only auto renting offices during the clip the airport did not have commercial air service. On June 29, 2006, Delta Air Lines set about new services from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to New Castle Airport, surviving the 1st commercial air service in 6 yr. Delta Connection bearer Atlantic Southeast Airlines functioned the service using 50 sit CRJ regional jet plane, with 2 daily roundtrip voyages. However, Delta Air Lines stopped the Wilmington voyages on September 6, 2007, going forth Delaware without anybody commercial air service until March 8, 2008, when Skybus Airlines started new air service from Columbus, OH and Greensboro, NC to New Castle Airport. Skybus stopped all functioning efficacious April 4, 2008, once more going away New Castle Airport without anybody airline service.

Currently, the only business organisation functioning in the independent depot are Alamo Rent A Car, Avis Rent a Car System, National Car Rental, and Cafe Bama.

Facilities and aircraft

New Castle Airport covers an area  of 1,250 acres (506 ha) which incorporates 3 asphalt paved landing track: 1/19 measure out 7,012 x 150 foot (2,137 x 46 m), 9/27 measure out 7,181 x 150 foot (2,189 x 46 m), and 14/32 measure out 4,603 x 150 foot (1,403 x 46 m).

For the 12-month time period finish December 31, 2006, the airport had 136,154 aircraft functioning, an mean of 373 per solar day: 83% civil aviation, 12% armed forces, 4% air cab and 1% scheduled commercial. There are 282 aircraft ground at this airport: 59% individual engine, 23% jet plane, 9% multi-engine, 6% eggbeater and 3% armed forces.

Rental auto offices

• Alamo Rent A Car
• Avis Rent a Car System
• National Car Rental

Restaurant/coffee bar

• Cafe Bama

Fixed Base Operators (FBOs)

• Aero-Taxi
• AeroWays, Inc.
• Dassault Falcon Jet - Wilmington Corp. (once Atlantic Aviation)
• FBO AvCenter-Wilmington (once Dawn Aeronautics)

History

Military Usage

Main article: New Castle Air National Guard Base

After the closing of the Air Force Base, New Castle County Airport then hosted the 166th Air Transport Group, in turn known as the 166th Military Airlift Group, 166th Tactical Airlift Group, 166th Airlift Group and currently known as the 166th Airlift Wing, functioning C-130H Hercules.

Civil Usage

In the late 1990s, the county rent the debt-stricken airport to the bi-state Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA), operators of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, on a 30 yr rent with the proviso that the DRBA may seek up to 2 additional 30 yr rent.

Since taking over functioning of the airport, the DRBA has made the airport profitable, upgraded many aging constructions, and build numerous new constructions and installations on the belonging.

From 1991 through 1998, once again from 2000 to 2006, and since April 2008, the province of Delaware is the only province in the trades union without anybody scheduled commercial voyages in or out of the province. This is mostly due to the little size of it of the province and the close propinquity of big airports in Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia. Skybus Airlines was the last commercial air hose to wing out of New Castle Airport, with voyages in 2008. Before Skybus, and Delta in 2006, the previous air hose with scheduled voyages was Shuttle America, which winged out of New Castle as an independent bearer from the air hose's constituting in November 1998 until February 2000. They offered service to Hartford, Buffalo, and Norfolk, using the 50-seat Dash 8-300 turbo-propeller plane aircraft. Shuttle America would finally stop its independent functioning and get a commuter train consort of United Express and Delta Connection. Prior to Shuttle America, the last scheduled service was supplied to Parkersburg, West Virginia by USAir Express bearer Crown Airways in 1992-1993. United Airlines also assisted Wilmington, going forth in 1991.

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