Chorman Airport
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Chorman Airport is a public use airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Farmington
Farmington, Delaware
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, in Kent County
Kent County, Delaware
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is coextensive with the Dover, Delaware, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population was 162,310, a 28.1% increase over the previous decade. The county seat is Dover, the state capital...

, Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

, United States
United States
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. It is privately owned by Allen Chorman.

Facilities and aircraft

Chorman Airport covers an area of 134 acres (54.2 ha) at an elevation
Elevation
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 of 66 feet (20 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt
Asphalt
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 paved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 16/34 which measures 3,588 by 37 feet (1,094 x 11 m). For the 12-month period ending March 10, 2009, the airport had 14,600 general aviation
General aviation
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aircraft operations, an average of 40 per day.
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