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Defiance Memorial Airport

41.33750°N
-84.42880°W
ARR / DAY
2
10.0%
DEP / DAY
2
30.0%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h ago
Temp
85°F
Wind
4 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDFI 042353Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02940211 10317 20289 55000 $

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
57% of ops
21 land · 4 TO
12
43% of ops
16 land · 9 TO
Runway 30 carries 57% of operations (21 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

30 21 landings
UA 0%
12 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 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
2.2
flights/day · 65 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (1.5 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 64 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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