[2] Delano Municipal Airport covers 546 acres (221 ha) and has one asphalt runway (14/32) measuring 5,651 by 75 feet (1,722 by 23 m).
[1] In the year ending January 23, 2006 the airport had 19,000 aircraft operations, average 52 per day, all general aviation.
It was built by the federal government with monies appropriated by Congress for Development of Landing Areas for National Defense.
In late 1943 the United States Army Air Forces acquired usage rights to the airport.
In addition, flights of P-61s from the 427th, 547th, 549th and 550th Night Fighter Squadrons moved in and out of Delano AAF during 1944 as part of their training prior to being deployed to combat units, primarily in the Pacific and CBI theaters.