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OHIO AIRPORTS FOCUS STUDY 2-1

2 Ohio Airport System Inventory

The purpose of the inventory effort is to identify current facilities and conditions at Ohio system airports. The inventory process and the data collected will provide a foundation for understanding the airport system’s existing conditions. Further, much of the data collected will be used for subsequent analysis, evaluations, benchmarking, and recommendations throughout the study process. The data collected will also serve as a valuable resource to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Office of Aviation by providing updated data relative to the system.

This chapter presents an overview of the Ohio Airports Focus Study inventory effort and results, and includes the following sections:

The Inventory Process, including a description of the Airport Inventory and Data Survey and other data sources.

A description of the Existing Airport System. Airside Facilities such as primary runways, taxiways, and instrument approaches. A snapshot of Airport Activity such as based aircraft counts and operations. Landside Facilities such as aircraft hangars, terminal buildings, and utilities. Pilot and Passenger Services, including fueling, aircraft maintenance, and ground

transportation. Security and Access measures such as controlled access to sensitive areas and perimeter

fencing. Airport Planning and Documentation such as airport master plans, airport layout plans, and

pavement maintenance plans.

Inventory Process The Ohio airport system is defined as the 104 airports included in the Focus Study. Information in this chapter was collected primarily through the Airport Inventory and Data Survey, completed by each airport, and by supplemental data from other sources. The survey is a 17-page questionnaire with sections dedicated to airport facilities, services, operations, public outreach, and development, among others. Also included in this survey is the employment/economic questionnaire, the results of which will lead directly to the economic impact portion of the Focus Study. These surveys were initially populated with data from the FAA’s most recent Form 5010, the Airport Master Record, and then mailed to each of the study airports. These surveys were collected and reviewed in person by the consultant team during meetings at each airport. Airport managers, fixed base operator (FBO) representatives, and/or sponsor representatives assisted in providing this data. Information on the survey was verified and supplemented through the on-site interviews, telephone interviews, and secondary sources including:

FAA Form 5010, Airport Master Record FAA Airport/Facilities Directory AirNav.com Airport Master Plans and Airport Layout Plans (ALPs) ODOT Office of Aviation

Airport response rate to the Airport Inventory and Data Survey was 100 percent, with all 104 of the publically-owned, public-use airports in Ohio completing and returning their surveys. The data collected during the inventory effort was reviewed and entered into a database for future reference. Throughout this chapter, much of this data is presented in tabular form, with special attention paid

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to general aviation facilities in the summarizing text. The tables in this chapter present data that is important for subsequent steps in the Focus Study, as well as that which may not influence future steps but is information of interest.

Existing Airport System The Ohio airport system consists of the 104 publicly-owned, public-use airports in the state. This system includes seven airports providing scheduled commercial service and 97 general aviation (GA) facilities. The previous Ohio State Airport System Plan 2006 defined the system as having 105 airports. Since that study, Blue Ash Airport in the Cincinnati region has closed. Exhibit 2-1 shows the locations of the 104 system airports in Ohio.



Exhibit 2-1 Airports in the Ohio Airport System



Airside Facilities The Airport Inventory and Data Survey asked Ohio system airport representatives to report a multitude of information about their airside facilities. Airports responded with information on their primary runways, taxiways, navigational aids, instrument approaches, and more. The following sections summarize airside facilities at Ohio system airports.

Runway and Taxiway Inventory Airport representatives were asked to report information specific to each airport’s primary runway. This information includes runway orientation and dimensions, runway design code (RDC), airport reference code (ARC), taxiway type and width, the existence of any displaced thresholds and declared distances, and compliance with runway safety areas. This data is presented for each airport in Table 2-1.

Primary Runways When discussing runway length, 5,000 feet is a significant length in airport operation and aviation planning, particularly at airports with only one runway. Many insurance providers require that insured aircraft operators such as life flight/medevac and corporate jet owners only operate on runways with a length of at least 5,000 feet, although the FAA does not consider this need as justification for a runway extension. In the Ohio system, 43 of the 104 airports have a primary runway that is at least 5,000 feet in length, including 36 general aviation facilities. The dimensions of every primary runway in Ohio are detailed in Table 2-1.

Airport Reference Code and Runway Design Code The Airport Reference Code (ARC) and Runway Design Code (RDC) are coding systems that relate airport design criteria to the operational and physical characteristics of the airplanes that are intended to operate at an airport. Both are composite designations based on the Aircraft Category and Airplane Design Group of the critical aircraft. The Aircraft Categories, designated by a letter (A through E), refer to the aircraft’s approach speed. Airplane Design Groups are designated by a Roman numeral (I through VI), and refer to the wingspan of the aircraft. Generally, the size and characteristics of an airport’s runway and other facilities are related to aircraft approach speed, airplane wingspan, and designated or planned instrument approach visibility minimums. Exhibit 2-2 provides examples of common airplanes with their approach category and design group as specified by FAA standards. Even though a runway may be designated as a certain ARC, it does not prohibit larger aircraft from operating at the airport.

An RDC is assigned to each individual runway at an airport and meant to create design standards that the runway will be built to, while an ARC is the airport’s highest RDC minus the visibility component. Table 2-1 details the RDC of each Ohio system airport’s primary runway.



Exhibit 2-2 Common GA Aircraft with FAA Approach and Design Categories



Table 2-1 Runway and Taxiway Characteristics

Associated City Airport Name Primary Runway

Dimensions (ft.) RDC Taxiway Type

Taxiway Width

(ft.) Meets RSA Standards*

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton 05/23 8,204 x 150 D-IV Partial Parallel 75 Yes

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l 06L-24R 9,956 x 150 C-IV Full Parallel 75 Yes

Columbus Port Columbus International 10R/28L 10,125 x 150 D-V Full Parallel 75 Yes

Columbus Rickenbacker International 05R/23L 12,102 x 200 D-V Full Parallel 75 Yes

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l 06L/24R 10,900 x 150 D-V Full Parallel 75 Yes

Toledo Toledo Express 07/25 10,599 x 150 C-IV Full Parallels 75 & 35 Yes

Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional 14/32 9,003 x 150 C-IV Full Parallel 75 Yes

General Aviation

Akron Akron Fulton International 07/25 6,337 x 150 C-II Full Parallel 50 No

Ashland Ashland County 01/19 3,501 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Ashtabula Northeast Ohio Regional 09/27 5,197 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 40 No

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field 07/25 5,600 x 100 C-III Full Parallel 75 Yes

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield 09/27 4,004 x 65 B-I Partial Parallel 32 No

Batavia Clermont County 04/22 3,566 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 30 Yes

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional 07/25 5,000 x 100** C-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Bluffton Bluffton 05/23 4,126 x 75 B-I Partial Parallel 25 Yes

Bowling Green Wood County 10/28 4,199 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 40 Yes

Bryan Williams County 07/25 4,782 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Bucyrus Port Bucyrus-Crawford County 04/22 3,898 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel & Turn-around 35 No

Cadiz Harrison County 13/31 3,765 x 75 B-I Partial Parallel 25 Yes

Caldwell Noble County 05/23 3,811 x 65 B-I Turn-arounds NA Yes

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal 04/22 4,298 x 75 B-II Turn-arounds NA Yes

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson 07/25 4,297 x 75 B-I Partial Parallel & Turn-arounds 35 Yes

Celina Lakefield 08/26 4,400 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 30 Yes

Chesapeake/Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark 08/26 3,001 x 70 B-I Turn-arounds NA No

Chillicothe Ross County 05/23 5,404 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 50 Yes

Cincinnati Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field 03R/21L 6,101 x 150 C-III Full Parallels 100 & 75 No

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial 01/19 4,346 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Cleveland Burke Lakefront 06L/24R 6,195 x 150 C-II Full Parallel 75 Yes

Cleveland Cuyahoga County 06/24 5,102 x 100 D-II Full Parallel 50 No

Columbus Ohio State University 09R/27L 5,004 x 100 D-III Full Parallel 50 Yes






Taxiway Width


Columbus Bolton Field 04/22 5,500 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 50 Yes

Coshocton Richard Downing 04/22 5,000 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Dayton Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson Regional 07/25 4,500 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Dayton Moraine Air Park 08/26 3,500 x 65 B-I Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers 02/20 5,000 x 100 B-II Full Parallel 50 No

Defiance Defiance Memorial 12/30 4,199 x 72 B-II Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field 10/28 5,000 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 40 Yes

Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip 09/27 2,480 x 70 A-I None NA No

East Liverpool Columbiana County 07/25 3,503 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Findlay Findlay 18/36 6,498 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 50 Yes

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan 09/27 5,005 x 100 C-II Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Fremont Sandusky County Regional 06/24 5,500 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Galion Galion Municipal 05/23 3,505 x 75 B-I Partial Parallel 35 No

Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional 05/23 3,999 x 75 B-I Turn-arounds NA No

Georgetown Brown County 18/36 3,530 x 65 B-I Partial Parallel 30 Yes

Hamilton Butler County Regional 11/29 5,500 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Harrison Cincinnati West 01/19 2,803 x 60 B-I Turn-around & Stub 25 Yes

Hillsboro Highland County 05/23 3,520 x 75 B-I Full Parallel 36 No

Jackson James A. Rhodes 01/19 5,201 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 35 No

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal 09/27 2,203 x 50 A-I Small Turn-around NA No

Kent Kent State University 01/19 4,000 x 60 B-II Full Parallel 40 Yes

Kenton Hardin County 04/22 4,802 x 75 B-II Turn-arounds 35 Yes

Lancaster Fairfield County 10/28 5,004 x 75 C-II Full Parallel 35 No

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field 01/19 4,502 x 65 B-II Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Lima Lima Allen County 10/28 6,000 x 150 C-II Full Parallel 40 No

London Madison County 09/27 4,001 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional 07/25 5,002 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 50 Yes

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional 14/32 9,001 x 150 C-IV Full Parallel 75 & 50 No

Marion Marion Municipal 07/25 5,000 x 100 B-II Full Parallel 40 No

Marysville Union County 09/27 4,218 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

McArthur Vinton County 09/27 3,725 x 75 B-I Turn-arounds NA No

McConnelsville Morgan County 12/30 3,500 x 65 B-I Turn-arounds NA No






Taxiway Width


Medina Medina Municipal 09/27 3,556 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport 10/28 1,852 x 75 A-I Small Full Parallel 25 Yes

Middlefield Geauga County 11/29 3,500 x 65 B-II Turn-around & Stubs NA Yes

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field 05/23 6,100 x 100 B-II Full Parallel 40 No

Millersburg Holmes County 09/27 3,498 x 65 B-II Partial Parallel 30 Yes

Mount Gilead Morrow County 10/28 3,497 x 65 B-I Partial Parallel 25 Yes

Mount Vernon Knox County 10/28 5,498 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Napoleon Henry County 10/28 4,000 x 65 B-I Turn-arounds NA Yes

New Lexington Perry County 08/26 3,498 x 75 B-I Turn-around & Stub 35 No

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field 14/32 3,951 x 100 B-II Full Parallel 28 No

Newark Newark-Heath 09/27 4,649 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 40 Yes

North Bass Island North Bass Island 01/19 1,804 x 60 A-I Small Turn-around NA Yes

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County 10/28 4,210 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 35 No

Ottawa Putnam County 09/27 4,500 x 75 B-II Turn-around NA Yes

Oxford Miami University 05/23 4,011 x 70 B-I Small Partial Parallel 35 No

Piqua Piqua-Hartzell Field 08/26 3,997 x 75 B-I Partial Parallel & Turn-around 40 No

Port Clinton Carl R. Keller Field 09/27 5,646 x 100 C-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional 18/36 5,001 x 100 B-II Partial Parallel 40 No

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay 03/21 2,870 x 75 B-I Small Full Parallel 25 Yes

Ravenna Portage County 09/27 3,499 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Sidney Sidney Municipal 10/28 4,785 x 75 B-II Turn-arounds 35 Yes

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal 06/24 9,009 x 150 C-II Full Parallel 75 Yes

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark 14/32 5,000 x 60*** B-I Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Tiffin Seneca County 06/24 4,000 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Toledo Toledo Executive 14/32 5,829 x 100 D-I Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Upper Sandusky Wyandot County 18/36 3,997 x 75 B-I Turn-around NA Yes

Urbana Grimes Field 02/20 4,400 x 100 B-II Full Parallel 35 Yes

Van Wert Van Wert County 09/27 4,000 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 36 Yes

Versailles Darke County 09/27 4,512 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 30 Yes

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal 02/20 3,529 x 75 B-II Full Parallel 30 Yes

Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong 08/26 5,500 x 100 C-II Partial Parallel 40 Yes

Washington Court House Fayette County 05/23 5,097 x 75 B-I Partial Parallel 35 Yes






Taxiway Width


Wauseon Fulton County 09/27 3,882 x 75 B-I Partial Parallel & Turn-around 30 Yes

Waverly Pike County 07/25 4,900 x 75 B-II Partial Parallel 24 Yes

West Union Alexander Salamon 05/23 3,762 x 65 B-I Partial Parallel 35 Yes

Willard Willard 10/28 4,028 x 65 B-I Turn-arounds NA No

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal 05/23 5,028 x 100 B-II Turn-around 35 Yes

Wilmington Clinton Field 03/21 3,579 x 65 B-I Small Partial Parallel 30 Yes

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park 04L/22R 10,701 x 150 D-IV Full Parallel 75 No

Woodsfield Monroe County 07/25 3,805 x 75 B-II Turn-arounds NA Yes

Wooster Wayne County 10/28 5,191 x 100 B-II Partial Parallel 30 No

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal 04/22 5,000 x 150 C-II Full Parallel 50 Yes

Source: FAA Form 5010, Airport Inventory and Data Survey Note: an RSA status of “Unknown” signifies was reported if the status of the RSA is unknown by airport management

*This is not an official RSA standard maintained by the FAA. **FAA sources currently report a runway length of 4,999 feet. The airport is in the process of having the reported length revised to 5,000 feet.

***Runway length reflects construction beginning in 2014.



Taxiways The FAA recognizes four different types of taxiways: stub, turn-around, partial parallel, and full parallel, which are graphically depicted on Exhibit 2-3. Of the 104 Ohio system airports, 42 have a full parallel taxiway serving their primary runway, while an additional 35 have a partial parallel taxiway. Table 2-1 details taxiway type and width at each airport.

Exhibit 2-3 FAA-Recognized Taxiway Types

Source: Federal Aviation Administration, CDM Smith

Runway Safety Area A runway safety area (RSA) is defined by the FAA as the surface surrounding the runway prepared or suitable for reducing the risk of damage to airplanes in the event of an undershoot, overshoot, or excursion from the runway. The specific dimensions of an RSA are based on the ARC for the specific runway and instrument approach visibility minimums, which only change the RSA dimensions if the minimums are below ¾ mile. Wider wingspans and faster approach speeds of an airport or runway’s critical aircraft require RSAs that are wider and extend farther beyond the runway ends. The RSA also has a specified grade to help protect an aircraft during takeoff or landing mishaps.

Table 2-1 details RSA compliance on primary runways in the Ohio airport system. Of the 97 general aviation system airports, 67 were found to have a primary RSA meeting FAA standards, while 30 airports have a primary RSA not meeting compliance standards. Noncompliance with RSA standards could be due to such factors as improper grading to the surfaces in the RSA or a road located within the RSA.

Separation Standards The FAA has established standards for separation distances between runway centerlines and taxiway centerlines, as well as runway centerlines and aircraft parking areas. These standards vary by airport, and are based on the ARC of each runway. Table 2-2 details primary runway compliance with these standards, and lists the distance between runway centerlines and taxiway centerlines, and runway centerlines and aircraft parking areas, where applicable. All seven commercial service airports meet separation standards for their primary runways. Of the 97 general aviation facilities in the system, 53 meet separation standards for parallel taxiways, and 77 meet standards for the required separation between their primary runway centerlines and aircraft parking areas.



Table 2-2 Runway and Taxiway Separation Standards

Associated City Airport Name

RW Centerline to Parallel TW Centerline

Separation (ft.)

RW Centerline to Aircraft

Parking Area Separation

(ft.)

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton Yes 400 Yes 550

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l Yes 550 Yes 2,000

Columbus Port Columbus International Yes 350 Yes 725

Columbus Rickenbacker International Yes 2,037 Yes 1,200

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l Yes 450 Yes 1,327

Toledo Toledo Express Yes 600 Yes 750

Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional Yes 762 Yes 850

General Aviation

Akron Akron Fulton International Yes 400 Yes 500

Ashland Ashland County No 230-240 Yes 270

Ashtabula Northeast Ohio Regional Yes 400 Yes 715

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field Yes 400 Yes 660

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield No 102 No 180

Batavia Clermont County No 155 No 225

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional Yes 400 Yes 540

Bluffton Bluffton No 182 Yes 645

Bowling Green Wood County Yes 300 Yes NA

Bryan Williams County No 135 Yes 1,000

Bucyrus Port Bucyrus-Crawford County Yes 240 No 145

Cadiz Harrison County No 100 No 157

Caldwell Noble County NA NA No 150

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal NA NA Yes 285

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson Yes 400 Yes 300

Celina Lakefield No 138 Yes 480

Chesapeake/Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark NA NA Yes 260

Chillicothe Ross County Yes 400 Yes 550

Cincinnati Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field NA NA Yes 500+

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial Yes 250 Yes 320

Cleveland Burke Lakefront Yes 715 Yes 850

Cleveland Cuyahoga County No 375 Yes 1,000

Columbus Ohio State University Yes 500 Yes 580

Columbus Bolton Field No 250 Yes 600

Coshocton Richard Downing Yes 240 Yes 526

Dayton Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson Regional Yes 240 Yes 330

Dayton Moraine Air Park No 150 No 185

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers Yes 250 Yes 680

Defiance Defiance Memorial Yes 300 Yes 600

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field Yes 400 Yes 500

Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip NA NA Yes 200+

East Liverpool Columbiana County Yes 240 Yes 305

Findlay Findlay Yes 400 Yes 535

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan No 250 No 250

Fremont Sandusky County Regional Yes 400 Yes 570

Galion Galion Municipal No 175 Yes 250

Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional NA NA No 150

Georgetown Brown County Yes 150 Yes 285






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Hamilton Butler County Regional Yes 400 Yes 490

Harrison Cincinnati West No 0 Yes 300

Hillsboro Highland County Yes 160 Yes 225

Jackson James A. Rhodes Yes 240 Yes 306

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal NA NA No 65

Kent Kent State University Yes 250 Yes 550

Kenton Hardin County Yes 250 Yes 400

Lancaster Fairfield County Yes 300 Yes 375

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field No 150 Yes 330

Lima Lima Allen County Yes 400 Yes 410

London Madison County Yes 261 Yes 341

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional Yes 400 Yes 750

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional Yes 500 Yes 762

Marion Marion Municipal Yes 400 Yes 966

Marysville Union County Yes 240 Yes 305

McArthur Vinton County NA NA No 160

McConnelsville Morgan County NA NA No 90

Medina Medina Municipal Yes 347 Yes 420

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport Yes 150 Yes 162

Middlefield Geauga County NA NA Yes 250

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field Yes 400 Yes 520

Millersburg Holmes County No 100 No 152

Mount Gilead Morrow County Yes 283 Yes 350

Mount Vernon Knox County Yes 300 Yes 375

Napoleon Henry County NA NA No 125

New Lexington Perry County NA NA NA NA

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field No 135 Yes 250

Newark Newark-Heath No 100 Yes 266

North Bass Island North Bass Island No NA Yes 125

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County Yes 240 No 180

Ottawa Putnam County No NA Yes 265

Oxford Miami University Yes 240 Yes 125+

Piqua Piqua-Hartzell Field No 140 Yes 240

Port Clinton Carl R. Keller Field Yes 400 Yes 1,500

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional Yes 280 Yes 450

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay Yes 150 Yes 150

Ravenna Portage County Yes 240 Yes 280

Sidney Sidney Municipal NA NA Yes 1,800

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal Yes 750 Yes 837

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark Yes 240 Yes 320

Tiffin Seneca County Yes 250 No 210

Toledo Toledo Executive Yes 400 Yes Over 700

Upper Sandusky Wyandot County No NA Yes 200

Urbana Grimes Field Yes 400 Yes 800

Van Wert Van Wert County Yes 240 Yes 315

Versailles Darke County No 142 No 145

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal No 137 No 150






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Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong Yes 325 Yes 655

Washington Court House Fayette County No 175 Yes 300

Wauseon Fulton County Yes 236 Yes 240

Waverly Pike County No 150 Yes 300

West Union Alexander Salamon No 170 No 235

Willard Willard No NA No 45

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal NA NA Yes 480

Wilmington Clinton Field No 150 Yes 225

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park Yes 785 Yes 940

Woodsfield Monroe County NA NA Yes 250

Wooster Wayne County No 150 Yes 388

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal Yes 300 Yes 500

NA: separation standards are not applicable to runways without a parallel taxiway Source: Airport Inventory and Data Survey

NAVAIDs, Visual Aids, and Weather Reporting Capabilities The safety and efficiency of airport operations can be greatly enhanced by the presence of navigational aids (NAVAIDs), various visual aids, and on-site weather reporting capabilities. Managers and sponsors of Ohio system airports were asked to report the existence of runway and taxiway lighting, NAVAIDs, airport beacons, weather reporting capabilities, and various other visual aids at their facilities. Table 2-3 details such instruments at the 104 system airports.

Runway and Taxiway Lighting The FAA recognizes three standard types of runway lighting: high, medium, and low intensity runway lighting. These are commonly referred to as HIRL, MIRL, and LIRL. Table 2-3 details runway lighting systems on primary runways in the Ohio system. Of the system’s 97 general aviation airports, 18 airports have a HIRL system, while 72 airports have a MIRL system and two have LIRL. An additional one airport has a nonstandard (NSTD) runway lighting system. In addition, 70 general aviation airports reported having a taxiway lighting system.

Visual Aids and NAVAIDs Visual landing aids and NAVAIDs are systems that allow for visual identification of runways and proper alignment with runway centerlines and glideslopes, as well as items such as airport beacons and wind indicators. Types of visual landing aids and NAVAIDs include the following:

Visual Glide Slope Indicator (VGSI): A VGSI is a ground lighting system that defines a vertical approach path, helping pilots to determine if their approach is too low or too high for an ideal landing. The two most commonly used VGSI systems are the visual approach slope indicator (VASI) and precision approach path indicator (PAPI). There are multiple versions of the VASI and PAPI, depending on the number of lights utilized: P2L – Two light PAPI on left side of runway P2R - Two light PAPI on right side of runway P4L – Four light PAPI of left side of runway P4R - Four light PAPI on right side of runway V2L – Two box VASI on left side of runway V4L – Four box VASI on left side of runway



Runway End Indicator Lights (REILS): An airport lighting facility located at the runway threshold that consists of one white high intensity strobe light installed at each corner of a runway end, enabling the pilot to quickly identify the runway threshold.

Approach Lighting System (ALS): A lighting system that extends outward from a runway end, consisting of light bars, strobe lights, or a combination of the two. An ALS is typically installed on runways with instrument approach capabilities to allow pilots to visually align with a runway while on approach. Many types of ALS exist, but two of the most common are the medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights (MALSR) and the medium intensity approach lighting system with sequenced flashing lights (MALSF).

Rotating Beacon: Indicates the location of an airport to pilots at night or during conditions of limited visibility. Beacons rotate at a constant speed to produce the visual effect of a light flashing at regular intervals, similar to a lighthouse. Differing rates of flash and lighting color signify the type of airport or heliport.

Segmented Circle: A visual aid that identifies traffic patterns at airports without an ATCT. Segmented circles are lighted at night to aid pilots performing under visual flight rules (VFR).

Wind Indicator: An airport wind sock is designed to indicate the direction of the wind to approaching pilots. Some airports install wind indicators that are lighted at night.

Exhibit 2-4 summarizes the percentage of general aviation airports in the Ohio system that utilize these aids, while Table 2-3 provides detailed lists per airport. Note that VGSI and REILS are listed for the primary runways. For example, Ashland County Airport reported having a P4L/V2L under VGSI, meaning runway end 01 has a four light PAPI, and runway end 19 has a two box VASI.

Exhibit 2-4 Percentage of GA Airports with Visual and Navigational Aids

Source: FAA Form 5010, Airport Inventory and Data Survey

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Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS): The AWOS is one of the two most commonly used weather reporting technologies available to airports. AWOS units generally report weather conditions at 20 minute intervals and do not report special observations for rapidly changing weather conditions. There are several varieties of AWOS depending on the sensor systems which are installed. These varieties include the following: AWOS A: Measures barometric air pressure and reports information required for proper

altimeter setting. AWOS I: Reports wind speed and direction, wind gust, variable wind direction,

temperature, dew point in Celsius, altimeter setting, and density altitude. AWOS II: All capabilities of AWOS I plus visibility, variable visibility, precipitation, and

day/night AWOS III: All capabilities of AWOS II plus sky condition and cloud height up to 12,000 feet. AWOS III P: All capabilities of AWOS III plus present weather and precipitation

identification. AWOS III T: All capabilities of AWOS III plus thunderstorm and lightning detection AWOS III PT: All capabilities of AWOS III plus present weather and lightning detection AWOS III PTZ: All capabilities of AWOS III plus present weather, lightning detection, and

freezing rain detection. Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS): The ASOS is the other of the mostly commonly

used weather reporting technology at airports in the U.S. An ASOS system is comparable to the abilities of an AWOS III, and can also report dew point in degrees Fahrenheit, present weather, icing, lightning, sea level pressure, and precipitation accumulation.

Automated Weather Sensor System (AWSS): The AWSS is a less commonly used weather reporting system that is comparable in ability to an ASOS or AWOS III.

Table 2-3 details weather reporting capabilities at Ohio system airports. In total, 56 general aviation system airports have one of the above varieties of on-site weather reporting technology. Of these, 17 have an ASOS, 38 have a form of AWOS, and one airport has an AWSS.



Table 2-3 Visual Landing Aids, NAVAIDs, and On-Site Weather Reporting

Associated City Airport Name Runway Lighting

Taxiway Lighting VGSI REIL ALS

Rotating Beacon

Wind Indicator

Type Segmented

Circle Weather Reporting

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton HIRL Yes P4L/P4L N/N MALSR/MALSR Yes Lighted No ASOS

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l HIRL Yes P4L/P4R N/N ALSF2/ALSF2 Yes Lighted No ASOS

Columbus Port Columbus International HIRL Yes N/P4L Y/Y MALSR/N Yes Lighted No ASOS

Columbus Rickenbacker International HIRL Yes P4L/P4L N/N ALSF2/MALSR Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l HIRL Yes P4L/V4L N/N ALSF2/MALSR Yes Lighted No ASOS

Toledo Toledo Express HIRL Yes N/V2L N/N ALSF2/MALSR Yes Lighted No None

Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional HIRL Yes P4L/P4L N/N MALSR/MALSR Yes Lighted No ASOS

General Aviation

Akron Akron Fulton International HIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No ASOS

Ashland Ashland County HIRL Unknown P4L/V2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Ashtabula Northeast Ohio Regional MIRL No P4L/P4L Y/Y RNAV/N Yes Lighted Yes ASOS

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield MIRL No N/N N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Batavia Clermont County MIRL Yes P2L/P2L Y/Y N/N Yes Unlighted No AWOS III

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Bluffton Bluffton MIRL Yes N/PAPI N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Bowling Green Wood County MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes AWOS

Bryan Williams County MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Unlighted No None

Bucyrus Port Bucyrus-Crawford County MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Cadiz Harrison County MIRL No P2L/P2L N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None

Caldwell Noble County MIRL Yes P2L/P2L N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal MIRL Yes V2L/V2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes AWOS III PT

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson HIRL Yes P2L/P2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Celina Lakefield MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Chesapeake/Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark NSTD Yes N/N N/N N/N Yes Unlighted No None

Chillicothe Ross County MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Cincinnati Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field HIRL Yes P4R/V4L Y/N N/MALSR Yes Lighted No AWOS

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial MIRL Yes N/P4R N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Cleveland Burke Lakefront HIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/6L 24R/MALSF Yes Lighted Yes ASOS

Cleveland Cuyahoga County HIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/N N/MALSR Yes Lighted No None

Columbus Ohio State University HIRL Yes P4L/P4L N/Y MALSR/ Yes Lighted No ASOS






Rotating Beacon

Wind Indicator

Type Segmented


Columbus Bolton Field MIRL Yes P4L/P4L N/Y MALSR/N Yes Lighted Yes AWOS III

Coshocton Richard Downing MIRL Yes P2L/P4R Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Dayton Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson Regional LIRL Yes P2L/P2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Dayton Moraine Air Park HIRL No N/N N/N N/N Yes Unlighted Yes None

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers MIRL Yes P2L/V4L N/N N/MALS Yes Lighted No AWOS

Defiance Defiance Memorial MIRL No P4L/NSTD Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No ASOS

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip None NA N/N N/N N/N No Unlighted No None

East Liverpool Columbiana County MIRL No N/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes None

Findlay Findlay HIRL Yes P4L/P4L N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No ASOS

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes AWOS

Fremont Sandusky County Regional MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Galion Galion Municipal MIRL Yes P4L/V2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional HIRL Yes P2L/P2L /Y Y/Y Yes Lighted Yes AWOS

Georgetown Brown County MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Hamilton Butler County Regional MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/MALS Yes None No ASOS

Harrison Cincinnati West MIRL Yes N/N N/N N/N Yes Unlighted No AWOS III

Hillsboro Highland County MIRL Yes /P2L-23 Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Jackson James A. Rhodes MIRL No N/S2L PCL N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III PT

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal LIRL No N/N N/N N/N No Lighted No None

Kent Kent State University MIRL Yes V4L/V4L Y/Y MALS 01/19 Yes Lighted No None

Kenton Hardin County MIRL Yes N/N N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None

Lancaster Fairfield County HIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No ASOS

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field MIRL Yes P4R/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes AWOS III

Lima Lima Allen County HIRL Yes P4L/P4R Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes ASOS

London Madison County MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional HIRL Yes P4L/P4L N/Y MALSR/N Yes Lighted Yes ASOS

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional HIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/MALSR Yes Lighted No ASOS

Marion Marion Municipal MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No ASOS

Marysville Union County MIRL No P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

McArthur Vinton County MIRL Yes N/P2L N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None

McConnelsville Morgan County MIRL Yes N/N N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None






Rotating Beacon

Wind Indicator

Type Segmented


Medina Medina Municipal MIRL No P4L/P4L N/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes None

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport None Yes P4L/P4L N/N N/N No Unlighted Yes None

Middlefield Geauga County MIRL No N/N Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Millersburg Holmes County MIRL Yes N/V2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Mount Gilead Morrow County MIRL Yes N/N N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None

Mount Vernon Knox County MIRL Yes P10/P28 Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Napoleon Henry County MIRL Yes P2L/P2L N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

New Lexington Perry County MIRL Yes N/N N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field MIRL Yes P4R/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes ASOS

Newark Newark-Heath MIRL No P4L/P4R Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No ASOS

North Bass Island North Bass Island None No N/N N/N N/N No Unlighted No None

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County MIRL No N/N N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None

Ottawa Putnam County MIRL Yes P2L/P2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Oxford Miami University MIRL Yes P2L/P2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Piqua Piqua-Hartzell Field MIRL Yes N/N Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Port Clinton Carl R. Keller Field MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes AWOS

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay None No N/N N/N N/N Yes Unlighted Yes None

Ravenna Portage County MIRL Yes N/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Sidney Sidney Municipal MIRL No P2L/P2R N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal HIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/N SSALR/N Yes Lighted Yes AWSS

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark MIRL Yes N/PAPI Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes None

Tiffin Seneca County MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes None

Toledo Toledo Executive MIRL Yes P4L/N Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Upper Sandusky Wyandot County MIRL No N/N N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None

Urbana Grimes Field MIRL Yes P4R/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III

Van Wert Van Wert County MIRL No P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Versailles Darke County MIRL No P2L/P2L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III PT

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal MIRL No V2R/V2L N/N N/N Yes Lighted No None

Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong MIRL Yes P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III PT

Washington Court House Fayette County MIRL Unknown N/P4L N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS






Rotating Beacon

Wind Indicator

Type Segmented


Wauseon Fulton County MIRL Yes P4L/P4R Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS III P

Waverly Pike County HIRL No P4L/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS A

West Union Alexander Salamon MIRL No N/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Willard Willard MIRL Yes N/N N/N N/N No Unlighted No None

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal MIRL Yes P4R/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes None

Wilmington Clinton Field MIRL Unknown P2L/P2L N/N N/N Yes Lighted No AWOS

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park HIRL Yes P4L/P4L N/N MALSR/ALSF2 Yes Lighted No ASOS

Woodsfield Monroe County MIRL No N/RW25 N/Y N/N Yes Lighted No None

Wooster Wayne County MIRL Yes P4L/V4R Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted Yes ASOS

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal HIRL Yes P4R/P4L Y/Y N/N Yes Lighted No ASOS




Approach Capabilities The availability of instrument approach procedures (IAP), particularly during times of inclement weather and limited visibility, greatly enhances both safety and operational capacity at airports. As the ceiling and visibility around an airport decreases, electronic guidance provided by specialized equipment to aircraft (that are also equipped with specialized equipment) allows a pilot to navigate the aircraft, without any outside visual references, to a point close enough to the runway threshold where the pilot can visually acquire the runway environment and land safely. Additionally, the availability of instrument approach capabilities at an airport increases capacity by allowing continued use of the airport by aircraft equipped to fly instrument procedures because they can still land at the airport while aircraft which can only fly during visual conditions cannot. For this study, the approach capabilities of an airport are broken into five categories: precision, approaches with vertical guidance, non-precision, circling, and visual. Airports with published instrument approach procedures are Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) airports, while airports with no published instrument approach procedures are referred to as Visual Flight Rules (VFR) airports. The following offers a summary of commonly utilized approaches in each category:

Precision Approaches: Precision instrument approach procedures allow for very precise vertical and horizontal course guidance, allowing approaches and landings to occur during conditions of very low visibility and cloud ceilings. The standard precision approach is an instrument landing system (ILS), which uses ground-based radio navigation aids to provide exact vertical and horizontal course guidance using both a localizer and a glide-slope indicator. Aircraft following an ILS approach typically follow a three degree continuous descent path provided by the glide slope portion of the ILS. This guides an aircraft directly to the touchdown zone of a runway. There are three categories of ILS approaches, each of which has different requirements for visibility minima, aircraft equipment, and pilot certifications. These categories are: CAT I: can provide navigational guidance to as low as 200 feet above ground level. CAT II: can provide navigational guidance to as low as 100 feet above ground level. CAT III: can provide navigational guidance to ground level.

Approaches with Vertical Guidance (APV): Approach capabilities have been greatly increased by the evolution of satellite technology, specifically the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS). These approaches provide greater accuracy than non-precision approaches (described below), often approaching the accuracy of an ILS. Like an ILS, these approaches have both course and altitude guidance. There are two types of approaches with vertical guidance – the localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV), and the lateral navigation/vertical navigation (LNAV/VNAV) approach. With the assistance of the wide area augmentation system (WAAS), LPV is capable of achieving approach minima comparable to a CAT I ILS.

Non-Precision Approaches: Older navigation aids are primarily designed to provide course cues to an airport. These are referred to as non-precision approach procedures wherein no electronic glide slope information provides vertical guidance to the pilot. Non-precision approach procedures can be enhanced to provide more “exact” guidance through the provision of runway lighting and VGSI. Types of non-precision approaches include the following: Non-Directional Beacon (NDB): A low or medium frequency ground-based NAVAID that

allows pilots to determine the aircraft’s bearing relative to the ground station. Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range (VOR): A ground-based very high

frequency (VHF) radio NAVAID that provides directional bearing relative to the VOR. Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME): DME is a ground-based ultra high frequency

(UHF) NAVAID that responds to aircraft DME avionics, thereby enabling the avionics to



determine the slant range distance between the aircraft and the ground station. A DME is often combined with a VOR to provide both directional and distance guidance.

Tactical Area Navigation (TACAN): The military equivalent of the VOR/DME approach system. When a TACAN and VOR are co-located, the approach is referred to as a VORTAC.

Global Positioning System (GPS): In addition to providing approaches with vertical guidance as mentioned above, the GPS system is capable of providing instrument approach procedures with only course guidance. These approaches include lateral navigation (LNAV) approaches as well as GPS approaches that have been laid over existing non-precision approaches.

Circling Approach: A circling approach is an approach used when a runway is not aligned within 30 degrees of the instrument approach course or the final approach requires at least 400 feet of descent per nautical mile. These conditions require some visual maneuvering of the aircraft. It is common for a circling approach to be used to land on an alternate runway than the runway having the instrument approach. A circling approach is more difficult and less safe than straight-in landing, requiring a pilot to maintain visual contact with the runway at all times.

Visual Approach: Any aircraft approach conducted without the assistance of instrument guidance is a visual approach.

The capability of an instrument approach is expressed with two factors: minimum cloud ceiling and visibility minimum. Minimum cloud ceiling is a vertical measurement (in feet) of the height above the airport. Visibility minimum is a horizontal measurement (in statute miles) of the visibility from the approaching aircraft to the runway. These two minima are considered by the FAA when encountering IFR weather conditions. The minima of a published approach take into account runway length, approach instrumentation, runway lighting, terrain, and any obstructions within the approach path.

Table 2-4 details the best approach capability and lowest minima possible at each Ohio system airport. Each of the seven commercial service airports have published precision instrument approaches. Of the system’s 97 general aviation airports, 16 have a precision approach, 26 can achieve a near-precision, or APV approach, while 42 have non-precision approaches. Exhibit 2-5 maps the Ohio airport system with each airport’s highest possible instrument approach capability. Airports shown with no instrument approach operate by visual flight rules.

Table 2-4 Best Instrument Approach and Visibility Minima

Associated City Airport Name Best Instrument Approach Type Best Visibility Minima

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l Precision 0 and 0

Columbus Port Columbus International Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Columbus Rickenbacker International Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l Precision 0 and 0

Toledo Toledo Express Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

General Aviation

Akron Akron Fulton International Non-Precision 492 and 1 mile

Ashland Ashland County Non-Precision 393 and 1 mile

Ashtabula Northeast Ohio Regional APV 315 and 1 mile

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field Precision 209 and 1 mile

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield Non-Precision 468 and 1 mile

Batavia Clermont County Non-Precision 387 and 1 mile

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional APV 250 and 7/8 mile





Bluffton Bluffton Non-Precision 430 and 1 mile

Bowling Green Wood County APV 250 and 1 mile

Bryan Williams County APV 273 and 1 mile

Bucyrus Port Bucyrus-Crawford County Non-Precision 697 and 1 mile

Cadiz Harrison County Non-Precision 552 and 1 mile

Caldwell Noble County Non-Precision 702 and 1 mile

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal Non-Precision 681 and 1 mile

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson Non-Precision 597 and 1 mile

Celina Lakefield APV 327 and 1 1/4 miles

Chesapeake/Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark Visual NA

Chillicothe Ross County APV 250 and 3/4 mile

Cincinnati Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field Precision 275 and 3/4 mile

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial Non-Precision 595 and 1 mile

Cleveland Burke Lakefront Precision 320 and 3/4 mile

Cleveland Cuyahoga County Precision 313 and 1 mile

Columbus Ohio State University Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Columbus Bolton Field Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Coshocton Richard Downing Non-Precision 661 and 1 mile

Dayton Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson Regional APV 250 and 1 mile

Dayton Moraine Air Park Visual NA

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers APV 265 and 1 mile

Defiance Defiance Memorial Non-Precision 393 and 1 mile

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field APV 250 and 3/4 mile

Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip Visual NA

East Liverpool Columbiana County Non-Precision 600 and 1 mile

Findlay Findlay APV 250 and 1 mile

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan APV 250 and 1 mile

Fremont Sandusky County Regional APV 220 and 3/4 mile

Galion Galion Municipal Non-Precision 357 and 1 mile

Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional Non-Precision 853 and 1 mile

Georgetown Brown County Non-Precision 462 and 1 mile

Hamilton Butler County Regional Precision 200 and 3/4 mile

Harrison Cincinnati West Non-Precision 796 and 1 mile

Hillsboro Highland County Non-Precision 389 and 1 mile

Jackson James A. Rhodes Non-Precision 554 and 1 mile

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal Visual NA

Kent Kent State University APV 309 and 1 mile

Kenton Hardin County Non-Precision 438 and 1 mile

Lancaster Fairfield County APV 200 and 3/4 mile

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field APV 250 and 1 mile

Lima Lima Allen County Precision 200 and 3/4 mile

London Madison County APV 250 and 1 mile

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Marion Marion Municipal APV 250 and 1 mile

Marysville Union County Non-Precision 363 and 1 mile

McArthur Vinton County Visual NA

McConnelsville Morgan County Visual NA

Medina Medina Municipal Non-Precision 497 and 1 mile





Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport Visual NA

Middlefield Geauga County Circling 627 and 1 mile

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field APV 336 and 1 1/8 mile

Millersburg Holmes County Non-Precision 384 and 1 mile

Mount Gilead Morrow County Circling 615 and 1 mile

Mount Vernon Knox County Precision 200 and 1 mile

Napoleon Henry County Non-Precision 417 and 1 mile

New Lexington Perry County Non-Precision 573 and 1 mile

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field Non-Precision 700 and 1 mile

Newark Newark-Heath Non-Precision 537 and 1 mile

North Bass Island North Bass Island Visual NA

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County Non-Precision 489 and 1 mile

Ottawa Putnam County APV 288 and 1 mile

Oxford Miami University APV 263 and 1 mile

Piqua Piqua-Hartzell Field Non-Precision 406 and 1 mile

Port Clinton Carl R. Keller Field APV 322 and 1 1/4 mile

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional APV 250 and 1 mile

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay Visual NA

Ravenna Portage County Non-Precision 443 and 1 mile

Sidney Sidney Municipal Non-Precision 435 and 1 mile

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark Non-Precision 564 and 1 mile

Tiffin Seneca County APV 273 and 1 mile

Toledo Toledo Executive Non-Precision 357 and 1 mile

Upper Sandusky Wyandot County Circling 690 and 1 mile

Urbana Grimes Field APV 250 and 1 mile

Van Wert Van Wert County Non-Precision 376 and 1 mile

Versailles Darke County Non-Precision 373 and 1 mile

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal Non-Precision 608 and 1 mile

Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong APV 331 and 1 1/4 miles

Washington Court House Fayette County Non-Precision 600 and 1 mile

Wauseon Fulton County APV 329 and 1 1/8 mile

Waverly Pike County Non-Precision 680 and 1 mile

West Union Alexander Salamon Non-Precision 510 and 1 mile

Willard Willard Circling 713 and 1 mile

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal APV 408 and 1 1/2 mile

Wilmington Clinton Field APV 458 and 3/4 mile

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park Precision 200 and 1/2 mile

Woodsfield Monroe County Non-Precision 625 and 1 mile

Wooster Wayne County APV 264 and 1 mile

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal Precision 200 and 3/4 mile

NA: visibility minima are not applicable to runways with a visual approach Source: Airport Inventory and Data Survey



Exhibit 2-5 Approach Capabilities at Ohio System Airports



Airport Activity The following sections provide an overview of aviation activity and based aircraft counts for Ohio system airports. Data was collected primarily from the survey effort and FAA Form 5010, the Airport Master Record. It must be noted that for airports without a control tower, operational counts are often educated guesses, with based aircraft counts being a more accurate representation of airport activity. More detailed breakdowns of operational data and based aircraft fleet mix will be presented in subsequent chapters. Table 2-5 lists operation and based aircraft estimates for all 104 Ohio system airports.

Based Aircraft Table 2-5 summarizes based aircraft totals at Ohio system airports. The three airports with the highest based aircraft counts –Butler County Regional Airport, Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field, and Ohio State University Airport – are all designated in the NPIAS as reliever airports. Including those three airports, seven system airports have at least 100 based aircraft, while 32 airports have at least 50 based aircraft.

Aircraft Operations Table 2-5 also summarizes estimates of aircraft operations at Ohio system airports. The three airports with the highest operation counts – Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, Port Columbus International Airport, and James M. Cox Dayton International Airport – are all designated as primary commercial service in the NPIAS. Twenty of the 104 Ohio system airports experience more than 50,000 aircraft operations each year.

Table 2-5 Based Aircraft and Total Operation Estimates

Associated City Airport Name Total Based

Aircraft Total

Operations

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton 147 88,844

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l 33 180,944

Columbus Port Columbus International 83 129,190

Columbus Rickenbacker International 28 39,436

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l 31 109,653

Toledo Toledo Express 69 40,847

Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional 55 37,276

General Aviation Akron Akron Fulton International 117 30,000

Ashland Ashland County 41 10,600

Ashtabula Northeast Ohio Regional 27 16,886

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field 45 55,400

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield 9 10,150

Batavia Clermont County 120 38,100

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional 25 16,650

Bluffton Bluffton 24 74,480

Bowling Green Wood County 43 27,405

Bryan Williams County 26 12,010

Bucyrus Port Bucyrus-Crawford County 31 24,871

Cadiz Harrison County 28 11,900

Caldwell Noble County 8 5,950

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal 20 4,219

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson 30 34,600





Aircraft Total

Operations

Celina Lakefield 13 16,212

Chesapeake/Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark 40 41,910

Chillicothe Ross County 39 47,600

Cincinnati Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field 193 65,511

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial 33 35,450

Cleveland Burke Lakefront 35 72,916

Cleveland Cuyahoga County 133 34,473

Columbus Ohio State University 167 68,226

Columbus Bolton Field 86 23,581

Coshocton Richard Downing 27 19,550

Dayton Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson Regional 87 38,900

Dayton Moraine Air Park 112 19,155

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers 102 89,045

Defiance Defiance Memorial 23 9,230

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field 83 39,300

Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip 6 2,000

East Liverpool Columbiana County 29 31,156

Findlay Findlay 25 25,000

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan 22 6,700

Fremont Sandusky County Regional 11 5,616

Galion Galion Municipal 33 6,216

Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional 57 20,600

Georgetown Brown County 19 8,212

Hamilton Butler County Regional 202 61,692

Harrison Cincinnati West 32 20,703

Hillsboro Highland County 21 14,000

Jackson James A. Rhodes 23 6,053

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal 5 25,495

Kent Kent State University 41 72,500

Kenton Hardin County 17 6,655

Lancaster Fairfield County 87 43,066

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field 119 31,500

Lima Lima Allen County 40 32,500

London Madison County 51 43,565

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional 83 19,621

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional 80 17,427

Marion Marion Municipal 54 42,650

Marysville Union County 71 28,000

McArthur Vinton County 14 5,225

McConnelsville Morgan County 8 5,625

Medina Medina Municipal 83 79,685

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport 1 6,500

Middlefield Geauga County 42 7,450

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field 90 40,050

Millersburg Holmes County 24 13,100

Mount Gilead Morrow County 21 22,608

Mount Vernon Knox County 96 20,150

Napoleon Henry County 21 15,637

New Lexington Perry County 9 4,550





Aircraft Total

Operations

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field 41 16,650

Newark Newark-Heath 68 12,457

North Bass Island North Bass Island 0 1,000

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County 25 10,100

Ottawa Putnam County 22 11,910

Oxford Miami University 8 4,160

Piqua Piqua-Hartzell Field 33 10,900

Port Clinton Carl R. Keller Field 51 22,150

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional 28 45,830

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay 3 10,504

Ravenna Portage County 58 9,621

Sidney Sidney Municipal 41 20,500

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal 39 11,213

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark 35 7,900

Tiffin Seneca County 32 60,165

Toledo Toledo Executive 51 90,700

Upper Sandusky Wyandot County 12 7,410

Urbana Grimes Field 32 23,480

Van Wert Van Wert County 35 20,516

Versailles Darke County 28 9,238

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal 80 15,325

Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong 30 29,456

Washington Court House Fayette County 16 29,405

Wauseon Fulton County 35 26,223

Waverly Pike County 8 2,936

West Union Alexander Salamon 12 5,210

Willard Willard 1 2,715

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal 75 45,085

Wilmington Clinton Field 31 27,860

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park 0 1,000

Woodsfield Monroe County 14 3,324

Wooster Wayne County 41 96,520

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal 18 33,312


Airports with Part 139 Certification Part 139 Airport Certification is issued to airports for air carrier operation. Certification is issued specifically to airports with scheduled and unscheduled air carrier aircraft with more than 30 seats, and to those with scheduled air carrier aircraft with more than nine seats but less than 31 seats. Within Ohio, 13 airports have been granted Part 139 certification by the FAA, including all seven commercial service airports and six general aviation facilities. Table 2-6 lists these airports.



Table 2-6 Ohio Airports with Part 139 Certification

Associated City Airport Name Part 139 Certified

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l

Columbus Port Columbus International

Columbus Rickenbacker International

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l

Toledo Toledo Express

Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional

General Aviation

Cincinnati Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field

Cleveland Burke Lakefront

Columbus Ohio State University

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park

Source: Airport Inventory and Data Survey

Airport Industrial Parks The presence of an industrial park, developed or undeveloped, at or near an airport can be greatly beneficial to both the airport and businesses on the industrial park. Businesses can utilize the airport for shipments of freight, business trips, and to bring clients to their site of operations. The airports can gain increases revenue through aircraft fuel sales and, if the industrial park is located on the airport property, lease revenue. Table 2-7 lists Ohio system airports that have an industrial park either on the airport property to near it. Currently, 11 system airports have an industrial park located on their property, and an additional 38 reported having an industrial park abutting or near to their site.

Through-the-Fence Activity Through-the-fence (TTF) activity includes that which originates from a property located outside of the airport property boundaries. This can include residential properties, often referred to as “hangar homes,” or commercial operations. Issues with commercial TTF operations often arise due to the TTF businesses not being held to the same airport minimum standards as on-airport businesses, through substandard building or pavement designs, or inadequate compensation of the airport sponsor for the benefits received from TTF operations. Airports typically develop their own written agreements with any persons or entities desiring to conduct TTF operations. General aviation airports are permitted by the FAA to enter into residential TTF agreements with surrounding properties. Table 2-7 lists Ohio system airports currently experiencing commercial or residential TTF operations.



Table 2-7 Industrial Parks and Through-the-Fence Operations

Associated City Airport Name Industrial

Park

Through-the-Fence

Operations TTF Activity Type

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton On Airport

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l Near Airport

Columbus Port Columbus International Near Airport Non-Residential

Columbus Rickenbacker International On Airport

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l On Airport


Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional Near Airport Non-Residential

General Aviation

Akron Akron Fulton International Near Airport

Ashland Ashland County Non-Residential

Ashtabula Northeast Ohio Regional

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield Near Airport

Batavia Clermont County Residential

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional Near Airport

Bluffton Bluffton Non-Residential

Bowling Green Wood County Near Airport

Bryan Williams County Near Airport Non-Residential

Bucyrus Port Bucyrus-Crawford County

Cadiz Harrison County Near Airport

Caldwell Noble County Residential

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal Near Airport

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson Near Airport

Celina Lakefield Near Airport

Chesapeake/Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark Near Airport

Chillicothe Ross County


Circleville Pickaway County Memorial Near Airport


Cleveland Cuyahoga County On Airport Data Unavailable

Columbus Ohio State University Non-Residential

Columbus Bolton Field Near Airport

Coshocton Richard Downing

Dayton Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson Regional

Dayton Moraine Air Park Residential

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers

Defiance Defiance Memorial

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field Near Airport

Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip

East Liverpool Columbiana County

Findlay Findlay

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan Near Airport

Fremont Sandusky County Regional

Galion Galion Municipal

Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional

Georgetown Brown County Near Airport Residential

Hamilton Butler County Regional Near Airport





Park

Through-the-Fence


Harrison Cincinnati West Near Airport

Hillsboro Highland County

Jackson James A. Rhodes Residential & Non-Residential

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal Residential

Kent Kent State University

Kenton Hardin County Near Airport

Lancaster Fairfield County Near Airport

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field Non-Residential

Lima Lima Allen County

London Madison County

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional On Airport

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional On Airport

Marion Marion Municipal On Airport

Marysville Union County Near Airport

McArthur Vinton County

McConnelsville Morgan County

Medina Medina Municipal Near Airport

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport

Middlefield Geauga County Near Airport

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field Near Airport

Millersburg Holmes County

Mount Gilead Morrow County

Data Unavailable

Mount Vernon Knox County

Napoleon Henry County Residential

New Lexington Perry County

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field Near Airport

Newark Newark-Heath Near Airport

North Bass Island North Bass Island

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County Near Airport

Ottawa Putnam County

Oxford Miami University

Piqua Piqua-Hartzell Field

Port Clinton Carl R. Keller Field

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay Residential

Ravenna Portage County Residential

Sidney Sidney Municipal

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal On Airport

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark On Airport

Tiffin Seneca County Near Airport Non-Residential

Toledo Toledo Executive

Upper Sandusky Wyandot County

Urbana Grimes Field

Van Wert Van Wert County Near Airport

Versailles Darke County Residential & Non-Residential

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal Near Airport Non-Residential

Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong Near Airport

Washington Court House Fayette County





Park

Through-the-Fence


Wauseon Fulton County On Airport Non-Residential

Waverly Pike County

West Union Alexander Salamon Near Airport Residential

Willard Willard Near Airport Non-Residential

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Near Airport

Wilmington Clinton Field

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park On Airport Non-Residential

Woodsfield Monroe County Near Airport

Wooster Wayne County

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal Near Airport


Landside Facilities During the inventory effort, airports were asked to report a number of factors about their airport’s landside facilities and buildings. This included detailed information on air traffic control towers, hangars, apron capacity, terminal buildings, and more. Much of this data will be summarized in the following sections, with special attention given to landside facilities at the Ohio system’s general aviation airports.

Air Traffic Control Towers Air traffic control, operated from control towers, aims to expedite the flow of aircraft traffic, prevent collisions, and provide support to pilots. In the U.S., the FAA operates the majority of air traffic control towers. However, private contractors and other entities also operate air traffic control towers. Fifteen Ohio system airports have an operational air traffic control tower. These airports include all commercial service facilities in the state, four NPIAS-designated relievers, and several general aviation airports. Table 2-8 details Ohio system airports that have an air traffic control tower in operation.



Table 2-8 Ohio Airports with Air Traffic Control Towers

Associated City Airport Name ATCT

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton







General Aviation



Cleveland Cuyahoga County


Columbus Bolton Field





Aircraft Parking and Storage Capacity Table 2-9 lists total t-hangars, conventional hangars, and apron tie-down spaces at all 104 Ohio system airports. Airports overwhelmingly reported having more capacity in t-hangars than in conventional hangars. However, many airports also reported that their current aircraft storage capacity is not adequate to meet demands. Of the system’s 97 general aviation airports, 56 reported having a hangar waiting list, while three airports have a waiting list for based apron space.

Table 2-9 Aircraft Parking and Storage Capacity

Associated City Airport Name T-Hangars Conventional

Hangars Apron

Tie-Downs

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton 82 1 10

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l 0 10 0

Columbus Port Columbus International 20 10 24

Columbus Rickenbacker International 0 6 18

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l 20 13 12

Toledo Toledo Express 28 12 51

Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional 20 7 2

General Aviation

Akron Akron Fulton International 113 3 25

Ashland Ashland County 30 9 7

Ashtabula Northeast Ohio Regional 46 5 13

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field 22 3 38

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield 8 1 4

Batavia Clermont County 111 3 100

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional 28 2 16

Bluffton Bluffton 10 4 20

Bowling Green Wood County 30 2 0

Bryan Williams County 12 7 14

Bucyrus Port Bucyrus-Crawford County 32 3 12





Hangars Apron

Tie-Downs

Cadiz Harrison County 12 5 8

Caldwell Noble County 6 1 3

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal 10 3 8

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson 8 13 11

Celina Lakefield 19 0 12

Chesapeake/Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark 13 10 25

Chillicothe Ross County 40 1 40

Cincinnati Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field 8 45 50

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial 27 3 28

Cleveland Burke Lakefront 0 2 40

Cleveland Cuyahoga County 82 12 45

Columbus Ohio State University 50 8 178

Columbus Bolton Field 90 2 40

Coshocton Richard Downing 118 3 28

Dayton Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson Regional 50 3 24

Dayton Moraine Air Park 91 4 15

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers 69 4 50

Defiance Defiance Memorial 22 6 10

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field 96 2 35

Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip 0 5 8

East Liverpool Columbiana County 20 10 13

Findlay Findlay 20 6 6

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan 16 2 24

Fremont Sandusky County Regional 15 2 7

Galion Galion Municipal 30 3 14

Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional 24 8 4

Georgetown Brown County 0 1 28

Hamilton Butler County Regional 11 20 28

Harrison Cincinnati West 48 3 10

Hillsboro Highland County 26 3 10

Jackson James A. Rhodes 17 6 9

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal 0 3 7

Kent Kent State University 14 2 39

Kenton Hardin County 15 4 9

Lancaster Fairfield County 80 5 50

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field 92 3 22

Lima Lima Allen County 35 9 27

London Madison County 22 3 23

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional 12 41 36

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional 44 21 37

Marion Marion Municipal 20 9 30

Marysville Union County 55 2 14

McArthur Vinton County 0 9 8

McConnelsville Morgan County 0 4 11

Medina Medina Municipal 76 0 4

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport 0 0 0

Middlefield Geauga County 20 3 13

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field 78 5 15

Millersburg Holmes County 20 2 10





Hangars Apron

Tie-Downs

Mount Gilead Morrow County 8 2 11

Mount Vernon Knox County 49 3 5

Napoleon Henry County 18 2 2

New Lexington Perry County 14 1 0

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field 24 7 20

Newark Newark-Heath 38 6 12

North Bass Island North Bass Island 0 0 0

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County 13 5 5

Ottawa Putnam County 17 3 8

Oxford Miami University 0 3 18

Piqua Piqua-Hartzell Field 30 0 6

Port Clinton Carl R. Keller Field 46 1 31

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional 16 5 35

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay 4 1 26

Ravenna Portage County 9 13 10

Sidney Sidney Municipal 23 5 12

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal 62 4 11

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark 32 7 8

Tiffin Seneca County 0 16 8

Toledo Toledo Executive 48 6 15

Upper Sandusky Wyandot County 6 0 6

Urbana Grimes Field 22 9 12

Van Wert Van Wert County 29 4 6

Versailles Darke County 30 5 9

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal 56 63 12

Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong 23 8 3

Washington Court House Fayette County 10 4 19

Wauseon Fulton County 24 3 14

Waverly Pike County 12 0 28

West Union Alexander Salamon 8 4 4

Willard Willard 0 4 0

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal 0 6 28

Wilmington Clinton Field 18 6 7

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park 0 19 0

Woodsfield Monroe County 12 1 8

Wooster Wayne County 28 13 12

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal 3 3 20


General Aviation Terminal Buildings One of the most basic amenities that an airport can provide is a terminal building/facility. Commercial airports, including those in the Ohio system, have large commercial terminals with full passenger amenities. These commercial terminals can be several hundred thousand square feet in total size, and serve millions of passengers each year. This study is concerned primarily with general aviation terminal facilities at the 97 general aviation airports. Such facilities are used by general aviation pilots for a variety of purposes. Many terminals typically include a phone, restroom facilities, a pilot’s lounge, and flight planning facilities. A general aviation terminal can be maintained by the airport owner/sponsor or by an FBO.



Table 2-10 lists general aviation airports in the Ohio system with a terminal building, whether it has been constructed or renovated since 1992, (20 years before the data year of 2012), and its approximate area in square feet. Of the 97 general aviation airports in the Ohio system, 93 reported having a terminal building. Of these, 45 have been constructed new or renovated since 1992.

Table 2-10 Terminal Buildings at Ohio GA Airports


GA Terminal Building

Constructed/ Renovated Since 1992

Approximate Area (sq. ft.)

General Aviation

Akron Akron Fulton International 27,750

Ashland Ashland County

820


1,800

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field 6,500

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield

4,500

Batavia Clermont County 100,000

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional 4,000

Bluffton Bluffton

11,200

Bowling Green Wood County 3,000

Bryan Williams County

240


1,200

Cadiz Harrison County 350

Caldwell Noble County

1,500

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal 1,740

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson

Celina Lakefield

4,200

Chesapeake/Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark

800


2,000


15,942

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial 1,200


54,435


17,334


2,158


8,380

Coshocton Richard Downing 2,400


5,175

Dayton Moraine Air Park

1,500


10,000


3,800

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field

1,700


East Liverpool Columbiana County 928

Findlay Findlay

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan

2,000

Fremont Sandusky County Regional 5,700


9,200


800

Georgetown Brown County 2,400

Hamilton Butler County Regional 7,000

Harrison Cincinnati West 2,300


3,370

Jackson James A. Rhodes

580








Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal

540


1,880

Kenton Hardin County 510

Lancaster Fairfield County 2,550

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field 4,000

Lima Lima Allen County 2,192


1,675

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional 4,800


5,254

Marion Marion Municipal 4,000

Marysville Union County 5,000

McArthur Vinton County 2,500

McConnelsville Morgan County 300

Medina Medina Municipal 2,827

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport 700

Middlefield Geauga County

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field 10,000

Millersburg Holmes County 1,200


8,000


1,500

Napoleon Henry County 1,100


1,320

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field 1,700

Newark Newark-Heath

1,600


50

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County

350

Ottawa Putnam County 2,250


15,000

Piqua Piqua-Hartzell Field 672


19,200

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional 8,700

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay 1,700

Ravenna Portage County 6,750


1,500

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal 3,400

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark 3,600

Tiffin Seneca County 2,400


2,800


Urbana Grimes Field

7,340

Van Wert Van Wert County

600

Versailles Darke County

1,600

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal 3,200

Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong

1,500

Washington Court House Fayette County 5,000

Wauseon Fulton County 3,800

Waverly Pike County 3,000

West Union Alexander Salamon

5,600








Willard Willard

450

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal


2,000

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park 80,000

Woodsfield Monroe County

1,200

Wooster Wayne County 3,000

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal 7,500


Utilities Having adequate utilities at an airport is important for several reasons. Commercial service and general aviation passengers rely on utilities for comfort and convenience while waiting for flights. Utilities can be a large determining factor when businesses are selecting an airport for regular use or for the location of a corporate flight department. Adequate available utilities can also be a determining factor for pilots when choosing an airport at which to base their aircraft.

During the inventory effort, Ohio system airports were asked to report the availability of several utilities, either at or near their airports. These utilities included electric, water, wastewater, storm water, natural gas, telephone, fiber optics or DSL, and wireless access. Airports were also asked to report on the quality of cellular phone coverage at their airport locations. Exhibit 2-6 summarizes available utilities at general aviation airports in the Ohio system, while Table 2-11 details utilities at each of the airports individually.

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Table 2-11 Availability of Utilities at Ohio System Airports

Associated City Airport Name Electric Water Waste- water

Storm- water

Natural Gas

Tele- phone

Fiber Optics/DSL Wireless

Adequate Cell

Coverage

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton







General Aviation Akron Akron Fulton International





Batavia Clermont County

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional

Bluffton Bluffton

Bowling Green Wood County



Cadiz Harrison County


Cambridge Cambridge Municipal


Celina Lakefield




Circleville Pickaway County Memorial








Storm- water

Natural Gas

Tele- phone


Adequate Cell

Coverage










Findlay Findlay





Georgetown Brown County

Hamilton Butler County Regional

Harrison Cincinnati West





Kenton Hardin County

Lancaster Fairfield County

Lebanon Warren County/John Lane Field



Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional


Marion Marion Municipal

Marysville Union County







Storm- water

Natural Gas

Tele- phone


Adequate Cell

Coverage

Medina Medina Municipal



Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field




Napoleon Henry County


New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field

Newark Newark-Heath








Put-In-Bay Put In Bay

Ravenna Portage County



Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark

Tiffin Seneca County



Urbana Grimes Field



Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal







Storm- water

Natural Gas

Tele- phone


Adequate Cell

Coverage

Wauseon Fulton County

Waverly Pike County


Willard Willard






Zanesville Zanesville Municipal




Pilot and Passenger Services The level of services available at an airport has an impact on both the number and type of operations that typically occur. Airports with better services tend to attract greater numbers of transient or visiting aircraft, or higher levels of corporate and business activity. Airport services are traditionally provided by an FBO. At a minimum, these services include fuel and overnight storage rental. Many FBOs provide some form of ground transportation for visitors, ranging from car rental to a loaner or courtesy vehicle. The following sections detail pilot and passenger services at the 104 Ohio system airports, with special attention given to services provided at the system’s 97 general aviation airports.

Aircraft Fueling Along with terminal services, the availability of fuel is one of the most basic and essential services that an airport can provide its customers. Fuel sales represent an important, and sometimes the only, revenue source for a general aviation airport. Primary fuel for aviation activities includes 100LL (AvGas) and Jet A. The majority of piston engine aircraft in the general aviation fleet use AvGas while the larger turbo-prop and jet aircraft exclusively use Jet A. Fuel services at airports also varies by the hours of operation, payment methods, and availability of self-service.

Each of the seven commercial service airports in Ohio provide both AvGas and Jet A fueling. Of the system’s 97 general aviation airports, 71 provide both AvGas and Jet A, 18 provide only AvGas, and one airport, Wilmington Airpark, offers only Jet A. Table 2-12 details fuel availability at individual airports. Exhibit 2-7 maps fuel availability throughout Ohio.

Table 2-12 Aircraft Fuel Availability

Associated City Airport Name AvGas Jet A

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton














Bluffton Bluffton












Celina Lakefield















Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip East Liverpool Columbiana County

Findlay Findlay










Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal Kent Kent State University













Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport Middlefield Geauga County



Mount Gilead Morrow County Mount Vernon Knox County








Newark Newark-Heath

North Bass Island North Bass Island Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County






Put-In-Bay Put In Bay Ravenna Portage County






Upper Sandusky Wyandot County Urbana Grimes Field







Waverly Pike County


Willard Willard










Exhibit 2-7 Aircraft Fuel Availability at Ohio Airports



Fixed-Base Operators A fixed-base operator (FBO) is a business catering to the needs of general aviation pilots and aircraft. FBOs provide a range of services including fuel, storage, and maintenance of aircraft. Many FBOs also provide aircraft rental and/or charter and flight instruction. FBOs often operate general aviation terminals and the services therein, such as conference rooms, flight planning, catering, ground transportation, and arrangement of accommodations. The presence of FBOs at Ohio system airports is listed on Table 2-13 with many other pilot and passenger services. Of the system’s 97 general aviation facilities, 78 have an FBO.

Flight Instruction An on-site flight school can greatly increase activity at airports, while generating revenue and increasing community investment. Flight instruction may be provided by the FBO, an independent school, or through an airport partnership with an area higher education institution. Currently, based flight instruction is offered at 68 general aviation airports in the Ohio system.

Aircraft Maintenance During the survey effort, Ohio airports were asked to report the presence of aircraft maintenance services at their facilities. Maintenance can include airframe repairs, power plant repairs, and avionics (aviation electronics). In addition, many repair shops specialize in either turbine or piston maintenance and customization. Table 2-13 details the availability of aviation maintenance at Ohio airports. In total, 73 general airports provide airframe repairs, 72 provide power plant repairs, and 35 general aviation facilities offer avionics services.

Other Services The survey effort also inquired into various other airfield and pilot services. Airports were asked to report on the availability of snow removal on the airfield, aircraft de-icing, oxygen, and washrack services. Table 2-13 details the availability of these services at Ohio system airports. In total, 89 of the system’s 97 general aviation airports offer snow removal, 67 offer either chemical or radiant de-icing, 28 offer aircraft oxygen, and 19 offer aircraft washrack services.



Table 2-13 Aviation Services at Ohio System Airports

Associated City Airport Name FBO

Based Flight

Instruction Airframe Repairs

Power Plant

Repairs Avionics Repairs

Snow Removal

Aircraft Deicing

Aircraft Oxygen

Aircraft Washrack

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton














Bluffton Bluffton





Caldwell Noble County Cambridge Cambridge Municipal


Celina Lakefield












Based Flight


Power Plant


Snow Removal

Aircraft Deicing

Aircraft Oxygen

Aircraft Washrack










Findlay Findlay



























Based Flight


Power Plant


Snow Removal

Aircraft Deicing

Aircraft Oxygen

Aircraft Washrack











Newark Newark-Heath

























Based Flight


Power Plant


Snow Removal

Aircraft Deicing

Aircraft Oxygen

Aircraft Washrack


Waverly Pike County


Willard Willard










Ground Transportation Another important service for both commercial and general aviation passengers is the availability of ground transportation. Rental car agencies are normally present at commercial service airports, but they are also important for general aviation airports that regularly serve transient activity. At airports where car rental is not available, a free-of-charge courtesy car or crew vehicle may be an alternate form of ground transportation services. Finally, intermodal options such as rail or bus service may serve aviation passengers.

During the survey effort, Ohio system airports were asked to report the availability of on-site car rental, a courtesy or crew car, and on-site intermodal transportation options. The latter may include public bus, light rail, or taxi. Table 2-14 details the availability of these ground transportation services at Ohio system airports. When looking specifically at the system’s 97 general aviation facilities, 22 offer on-site car rental, 69 offer a courtesy vehicle or crew car, and 57 are connected to some form of intermodal ground transportation.

Table 2-14 Ground Transportation Available at Ohio System Airports


On-Site Rental

Car

Courtesy Vehicle/Crew

Car

On-Airport Intermodal Ground

Transportation

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton



Columbus Rickenbacker International Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l







Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield Batavia Clermont County


Bluffton Bluffton





Caldwell Noble County Cambridge Cambridge Municipal


Celina Lakefield












On-Site Rental

Car


Car


Transportation








Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip East Liverpool Columbiana County Findlay Findlay







Harrison Cincinnati West Hillsboro Highland County


Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Municipal Kent Kent State University











McConnelsville Morgan County Medina Medina Municipal





Mount Gilead Morrow County Mount Vernon Knox County




Newark Newark-Heath

North Bass Island North Bass Island Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County








On-Site Rental

Car


Car


Transportation







Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark Tiffin Seneca County







Washington Court House Fayette County Wauseon Fulton County

Waverly Pike County

West Union Alexander Salamon Willard Willard




Woodsfield Monroe County Wooster Wayne County



Airport Security and Access Table 2-15 offers a summary of airport security measures and access features that Ohio system airports were asked to report on during the survey effort. One of the most crucial and effective measures an airport can take to ensure airport security is controlling access to all operating areas through the use of keycard access or otherwise locked doors. This controlled access applies to all building doors or exterior gates that lead to operating areas. Currently, 57 Ohio system airports control the access to their operating areas, including 50 of the 97 general aviation airports in the system.

Ohio system airports also reported on the status of interior perimeter roads at each facility. A full perimeter road provides airport users and tenants with easy access to the airfield and other businesses, adding to the efficiency of operations, while also limiting unnecessary runway crossings. It also allows for easy access for emergency vehicles and personnel. Of the system’s 97 general aviation airports, four have a complete interior perimeter road, while 24 have a partial perimeter road.

Perimeter fencing is important to the safety and security of the airport as well as the safety and security of the surrounding community or natural environment. While it helps to keep potential intruders from gaining access to sensitive airport areas, it also prevents wildlife from wandering



onto the airfield. Commercial service airports are required to have full security fencing surrounding the airport. Of the Ohio system’s 97 general aviation airports, 20 have complete perimeter fencing, and an additional 48 have partial fencing.

Currently, 27 Ohio system airports have complete perimeter fencing, while an additional 48 have partial fencing. The status of each airport’s perimeter fencing is detailed on Table 2-14. The status of each airport’s GA Security Plan (whether each airport has this plan or not) is detailed in Table 2-16 with other airport planning and documentation.

Table 2-15 Airport Security Measures and Access


Controlled Access to

Operating Areas

Interior Perimeter

Road Perimeter

Fencing

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton Complete

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l Partial Complete

Columbus Port Columbus International Complete Complete

Columbus Rickenbacker International Partial Complete

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l Complete Complete

Toledo Toledo Express Partial Complete

Youngstown/Warren Youngstown-Warren Regional Complete

General Aviation

Akron Akron Fulton International Partial Partial


Partial


Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field Complete

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield Partial Complete

Batavia Clermont County Partial Partial

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional Complete

Bluffton Bluffton

Bowling Green Wood County Partial

Bryan Williams County Partial


Partial

Cadiz Harrison County Partial




Celina Lakefield



Cincinnati Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field Complete Complete

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial Complete Partial

Cleveland Burke Lakefront Complete Complete

Cleveland Cuyahoga County Complete

Columbus Ohio State University Partial Complete

Columbus Bolton Field Partial Complete

Coshocton Richard Downing Partial

Dayton Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson Regional Partial


Partial

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers Complete

Defiance Defiance Memorial Partial Partial

Delaware Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field Partial






Operating Areas

Interior Perimeter

Road Perimeter

Fencing


Partial


Findlay Findlay

Partial Complete

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan Partial


Partial


Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional Partial

Georgetown Brown County Partial

Hamilton Butler County Regional Partial Complete


Partial

Hillsboro Highland County Partial


Partial Partial



Partial


Lancaster Fairfield County Partial Partial



Partial Partial

London Madison County Partial

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional Complete Complete

Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional Complete

Marion Marion Municipal Partial

Marysville Union County Partial


Partial


Medina Medina Municipal Partial

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport Partial Complete


Partial Partial

Middletown Middletown Regional/Hook Field Partial Partial

Millersburg Holmes County Partial Partial




New Lexington Perry County Partial

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field Partial

Newark Newark-Heath Partial Complete



Partial

Ottawa Putnam County Partial

Oxford Miami University Partial



Partial

Portsmouth Greater Portsmouth Regional Partial

Put-In-Bay Put In Bay Partial

Ravenna Portage County Partial


Partial

Springfield Springfield-Beckley Municipal Partial Complete


Partial Partial






Operating Areas

Interior Perimeter

Road Perimeter

Fencing


Toledo Toledo Executive Complete


Urbana Grimes Field Partial


Partial


Partial


Partial


Partial


Partial


Partial

Waverly Pike County Complete


Partial

Willard Willard

Willoughby Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Complete


Partial

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park Partial Complete


Partial




Airport Planning and Documentation During the inventory process, Ohio system airports were asked to report their completion and adoption of a variety of planning documents and policy manuals. Such documents are recommended to ensure safe and efficient aircraft operations, in addition to preserving the safety of the surrounding community or natural environment. The types of plans and documents inventoried include the following:

Airport Master Plan: A detailed plan specific to one airport, defining blueprints for long-term development. A master plan aims to address all relevant issues and meet the airport’s goals while adhering to all local, state, and federal regulations.

Airport Layout Plan (ALP): A detailed engineer’s drawing of the airport’s airfield layout, NAVAIDs, buildings, and other facilities. An ALP is typically a component of an airport master plan, but may be updated independent of the master plan. In order for an airport to receive federal funding for a development project, that project must be included on the ALP.

General Aviation Security Plan: A plan containing the steps and measures to be taken to protect the airport. Security at airports includes ensuring only authorized access to aircraft operations areas, safeguarding aircraft, and preventing theft of property.

Airport Minimum Standards: Established by airport sponsors to create threshold criteria that must be met by any business wanting to provide commercial aeronautical services to the public at the airport. The development, updating, and enforcement of minimum standards can diminish complaints by potential or existing aviation businesses and assist in providing quality services to the airport users.

Airport Rules and Regulations: The airport sponsor of a federally obligated airport is responsible for establishing airport rules and regulations for the safe operation of the airport. Airport operators, acting in their government capacity, may exercise their police powers to regulate the operation of their airports in order to protect the public safety, health, and welfare.



Spill Prevention, Control, Countermeasure Plan (SPCC): Required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be implemented at certain facilities with aboveground tanks. The SPCC aims to prevent oil discharges into navigable waters and adjoining shorelines.

Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP): Required by the EPA to be implemented at facilities that could potentially pollute storm water runoff. A SWPPP applies to everyday airport activities as well as construction.

Pavement Maintenance Plan: A document outlining procedures for maintaining the quality and integrity of the airport’s pavement, including runways, taxiways, and apron areas.

Airspace Analysis/Obstructions Survey: An aeronautical study of obstructions to air navigation that determines their effect on the safe and efficient use of airspace.

The percentage of general aviation airports in the Ohio system with each of these plans and documents is shown on Exhibit 2-8. Tables 2-16 and 2-17 detail the adoption of these plans in the full system.

Exhibit 2-8 Percentage of General Aviation Airports with Plans and Documents


In addition to these plans and documents, airports reported on any inclusion in local and regional comprehensive or transportation plans. Inclusion in these plans is a strong indicator of community or regional support and compatibility with an airport. An airport’s inclusion and approval in these plans tends to increase that airport’s long term viability within its respective community. Table 2-17 details each Ohio system airport’s inclusion in these plans.

Finally, airports were also asked to report on the status of any leasing agreements at their facilities. They were specifically asked if such leasing agreements had been standardized. Table 2-17 details the status of each airport’s standardized leasing agreements.

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Table 2-16 Airport Planning and Documentation, 1 of 2

Associated City Airport Name Master

Plan ALP

GA Security

Plan Minimum Standards

Rules & Regulations

EPA SPCC Plan

EPA SWPPP

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton














Bluffton Bluffton








Celina Lakefield












Plan ALP

GA Security


Rules & Regulations

EPA SPCC Plan

EPA SWPPP








Deshler Deshler Municipal Landing Strip East Liverpool Columbiana County

Findlay Findlay



























Plan ALP

GA Security


Rules & Regulations

EPA SPCC Plan

EPA SWPPP











Newark Newark-Heath
















Urbana Grimes Field










Plan ALP

GA Security


Rules & Regulations

EPA SPCC Plan

EPA SWPPP


Waverly Pike County


Willard Willard












Pavement Maintenance

Plan Airspace Analysis/

Obstructions Survey

Recognized in Local/ Regional Comprehensive/

Transportation Plans

Standardized Leasing

Agreements

Commercial Service

Akron Akron-Canton














Bluffton Bluffton








Celina Lakefield














Obstructions Survey




Agreements










Findlay Findlay





























Obstructions Survey




Agreements











Newark Newark-Heath
















Urbana Grimes Field












Obstructions Survey




Agreements


Waverly Pike County


Willard Willard










Summary This chapter presented a summary of the inventory and data collections efforts of the Ohio Airports Focus Study. The Ohio airport system consists of 104 publicly-owned, public-use facilities, 97 of which are included in the NPIAS. Following is a brief list of some of the more pertinent information presented in this chapter:

Forty-three airports operate a primary runway which is at least 5,000 feet in length. Sixty-two airports have on-site weather reporting capabilities. Ninety-five airports have a published instrument approach. Ninety-three general aviation airports in the system have a terminal building, and 45 of those

terminals have been built or renovated since 1992. Ninety general aviation airports offer aircraft fueling. Seventy-eight general aviation airports have an FBO.

The information gathered during this phase will lead directly to the next steps of the study, including defining the airport role stratification and making recommendations on how to upgrade the Ohio airport system.

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