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Defiance Memorial Airport

41.33750°N
-84.42880°W
ARR / DAY
1
150.0%
DEP / DAY
2
100.0%

Defiance Memorial Airport (KDFI/DFI) is a small general aviation airport located in Defiance, OH, 39 mi east of Fort Wayne. It features 1 runway measuring 4,199 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

58m ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDFI 250953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01170111

Runways

1 installed

4,199 FT MAX
12/30
4,199 ft × 72
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

30
51% of ops
23 land · 7 TO
12
49% of ops
22 land · 14 TO
Runway 30 carries 51% of operations (23 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 49%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

30 23 landings
UA 0%
12 22 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 23 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
2.6
flights/day · 78 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.6 vs 3.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (19% of 78 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 134.350
APCH 307.000
UNICOM 122.700
ASOS 121.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
rstan
10/13/2020
Nice airport Great Service
TAS is the FBO Great facility Very accommodating with crew car and great repair facility
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