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Delle

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Frequency 122.90
Elevation 4254 ft
Lat/Long 40.7625, -112.787
40° 45.75' , -112° 47.22'
Runway 07/25 1502 ft x 35 ft
Roadmix
Ownership Private

Amenities

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Information updated January 27, 2025 @ 4:45pm

Description: Delle is a gas station that features two runways just south of I-80.

Runway:1500 ft long x 40 ft wide runway 08/26 has brush lining the sides of the runway that might be an issue for low-wing airplanes.

Additional Runway: 2200 ft long x 40 ft wide hard dirt runway 15/33 with brush lining the sides of the runway that might be an issue for low-wing airplanes.

Approach Considerations: Billboard at the west end of runway 07/25 may make use of all available landing surface difficult. Be cautious of powerlines as well.  Potential for vehicular traffic mainly on runway 15/33.

Amenities: Yes. Fuel (MOGAS), gas station offers food and drinks (ask for the brisket sandwich).

Windsock: No.

Jeanne Henry visited 2 months ago in a Kitfox 7 STi with 27.5 tires

Rnwy 13/31 needs bushes along the sides to be trimmed down, wingtips were touching. Rnwy 07/25 is wide no issues with bushes. Lots of motorcycles and 4 wheelers racing around, don’t recommend landing there on a Saturday. The gas station has 91 non ethanol and a long hose and soft serve ice cream.

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Devon Ridd visited 5 months ago in a Ikarus C42 with 5.00-5 tires

Landed runway 07 1/11/26. No big ruts. A little bumpy/rocky in sections. Decent condition. You have to take off quick from 07 to clear the pumps and the station.

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Eric McCann checked in 1 year ago

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Eric McCann

Runway in great condition, I landed on 8/26.

1 year ago

Cup of Coffee

Added by Wendy Lessig 5 years ago

Grab a cup of coffee, soda, candy bar, ice cream or hot dog at the Sinclair mini-market at Delle

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What once started as a water depot for steam engines headed between Salt Lake and Wendover has now become one of Utah's iconic backcountry rest stops. And intertwined with its previous history serving as a railroad stop and the only place in Utah to taxi your airplane up to the gas pumps, Delle once served as an auxiliary field for the Wendover Air Force Base and Salt Lake Army Air Base. Additionally, it appears as though Delle served as an auxiliary field prior to its brief military service, having read in the 1931 Air Commerce Bulletin, "The intermediate landing field 3 miles west of Delle has been permanently discontinued."1 For now, the private land owners have been generous to avail the airstrips for public use, and the UBCP requests those who use the airstrip to be careful for other airstrip users as the airstrip serves as a starting-off point for many OHV riders.

 

1Air Commerce Bulletin, US Department of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch, 01 July 1931