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City of Delaware has a municipal airport ideal for business
aircraft, jets and turboprops. The airport, with its 5,000ft
x 75ft hard surface runway and tie-down and hanger availability,
is located next to the Delaware Industrial Park and Crown
Industrial Park.
Port Columbus International
Airport is located on the southwest side of Columbus, a
40-minute drive from downtown Delaware. Eighteen airlines
serve the airport and provide direct flight service to 50
cities, including 13 daily flights to NYC/Newark, 22 to
Chicago and 11 to Washington, DC. Airfreight can also be
transported to and from Port Columbus through one of several
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Delaware County is located in one of the
prime highway crossroads in the state of Ohio. Interstate
71 bisects the county and has local interchanges at Routes
36/37 and at Polaris Parkway (SR 750). The Rt. 36/37 interchange
at I-71 is eight miles east of the City of Delaware and
four miles west of the Village of Sunbury. The Polaris
interchange at I-71 is located one mile north of I-270,
the Columbus outerbelt.
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Two
other major north/south routes in the county are US Route 23 and
State Route 42. US Route 23 runs north/south through the center
of the county, directly through the City of Delaware and connects
the county to I-270 14 miles south of the city of Delaware. State
Route 42 connects with US Route 23 in the City of Delaware.
Delaware
County also has two major east/west routes. US Route 36 bisects
the county, and runs through the Village of Sunbury, the City
of Delaware and continues west through the county. State Route
37 also follows an east/west route through the county and follows
the same route as US 36 between Sunbury and Delaware. These two
routes also share an interchange with Interstate 71. |
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major railroads have lines in Delaware County. CSX has three
team tracks with a 50-car capacity with available trap car
service. Ten freights from Detroit to Columbus pass through
the county daily. Norfolk Southern has northbound and southbound
shipment service daily on its three team, 40-car capacity
tracks. |
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