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Ohio Airport Classifications

Map of Ohio’s Airports Showing Focus Study Classification

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Ohio Airport Classifications The classification of Ohio’s airports begins by segregating commercial airports into their own

category, leaving those airports that serve only general aviation. For this system analysis, these

general aviation airports are split into two groups – those that serve the demands of turbine

aircraft and those that primarily serve the demands of piston aircraft. These two broad groups are

further refined by splitting each into two sets to yield a total of four groups, or levels, of general

aviation airports. As illustrated on the charts shown on pages 3, 4 and 5, an airport’s classification is

determined by commercial air service, runway length, fuel demand, maintenance, and instrument

approach. The definitions for the five airport classifications found in Ohio are:

• Air Carrier Airports – Air Carrier Airports are intended to support commercial airline

activities. Where capacity constraints do not impose limits, this airport classification can

also support all types of general aviation activities.

• Airports Serving Turbine Aircraft

o Level 1 Airports – These airports meet nearly all of the needs of general aviation

turbine powered aircraft and their users. These airports are able to provide nearly

all of the services necessary to support corporate jet aircraft. This facility

classification also supports recreational general aviation activities and flight

training.

o Level 2 Airports – These airports support smaller corporate aircraft, such as small

jets and turboprop aircraft, and meet many, but not necessarily all, of their needs.

This airport classification supports a variety of uses (business, pleasure, and

training).

• Airports Serving Piston Aircraft

o Level 3 Airports – This classification of airports serves light, twin-engine and

single-engine aircraft flying for business, pleasure, and training. It fulfills nearly all

of the needs of piston-powered aircraft. Turbine-powered aircraft may use these

airports, but the primary focus is on providing the facilities and services that

support piston-powered aircraft.

o Level 4 Airports – These airports include facilities that are needed for the flight

operations of small general aviation aircraft but do not necessarily provide all of the

support services, such as maintenance. Single-engine aircraft represent the primary

aircraft type; however, many light twin-engine aircraft may also be accommodated.

This airport classification supports private pilots that may be flying for business or

pleasure and require minimal support facilities and services.

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Ohio Airport Classifications

Associated City Airport FAA Asset

Classification Runway Length Fuel

Jet-A Volume Maintenance Approach

System Role

Akron Akron-Canton Regional Not in Asset Study 8,204 Jet-A 10,000+ Turbine P Air Carrier

Cleveland Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l Not in Asset Study 9,956 Jet-A 10,000+ Turbine P Air Carrier

Columbus Rickenbacker International National 12,102 Jet-A 302,211 Turbine P Air Carrier

Columbus Port Columbus International Not in Asset Study 10,125 Jet-A 2,121,614 Turbine P Air Carrier

Dayton James M. Cox Dayton Int'l Not in Asset Study 10,900 Jet-A 19,352,421 Turbine P Air Carrier

Toledo Toledo Express Not in Asset Study 10,599 Jet-A 1,843,912 Turbine P Air Carrier

Youngstown/

Warren

Youngstown-Warren

Regional Not in Asset Study 9,003 Jet-A 485,632 Turbine P Air Carrier

Akron Akron Fulton International Regional 6,337 Jet-A 250,000 Turbine NP Level 1

Ashtabula Northeast Ohio Regional Local 5,197 Jet-A 26,200 Turbine APV Level 1

Bluffton Bluffton Local 4,126 Jet-A 43,375 Turbine NP Level 1

Bowling Green Wood County Local 4,199 Jet-A 10,755 Turbine APV Level 1

Chillicothe Ross County Local 5,404 Jet-A 500,000 Turbine APV Level 1

Cincinnati

Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken

Field National 6,101 Jet-A 5,122,455 Turbine P Level 1

Cleveland Burke Lakefront Regional 6,195 Jet-A 1,296,943 Turbine P Level 1

Cleveland Cuyahoga County National 5,102 Jet-A 802,000 Turbine P Level 1

Columbus Bolton Field Regional 5,500 Jet-A 134,810 Turbine P Level 1

Columbus Ohio State University National 5,004 Jet-A 765,730 Turbine P Level 1

Coshocton Richard Downing Local 5,000 Jet-A 10,000+ Turbine NP Level 1

Dayton Dayton-Wright Brothers Regional 5,000 Jet-A 210,730 Turbine APV Level 1

Defiance Defiance Memorial Local 4,199 Jet-A 10,178 Turbine NP Level 1

Delaware

Delaware Municipal-Jim

Moore Field Regional 5,000 Jet-A 66,510 Turbine APV Level 1

Hamilton Butler County Regional Regional 5,500 Jet-A 292,890 Turbine P Level 1

Lebanon Lebanon-Warren County Local 4,502 Jet-A 39,226 Turbine APV Level 1

Lima Lima Allen County Local 6,000 Jet-A 72,000 Turbine P Level 1

Lorain/Elyria Lorain County Regional Regional 5,002 Jet-A 127,197 Turbine P Level 1

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Mansfield Mansfield Lahm Regional Regional 9,001 Jet-A 140,000 Turbine P Level 1

Marion Marion Municipal Local 5,000 Jet-A 24,557 Turbine APV Level 1

Marysville Union County Local 4,218 Jet-A 25,943 Turbine NP Level 1

Middletown

Middletown Regional/Hook

Field Local 6,100 Jet-A 176,000 Turbine APV Level 1

Ottawa Putnam County Local 4,427 Jet-A 45,000 Turbine APV Level 1

Portsmouth

Greater Portsmouth

Regional Local 5,001 Jet-A 16,000 Turbine APV Level 1

Sidney Sidney Municipal Local 4,785 Jet-A 33,992 Turbine NP Level 1

Springfield

Springfield-Beckley

Municipal Regional 9,009 Jet-A 79,379 Turbine P Level 1

Tiffin Seneca County Local 4,000 Jet-A 68,000 Turbine APV Level 1

Toledo Toledo Executive Regional 5,829 Jet-A 91,000 Turbine NP Level 1

Wapakoneta Neil Armstrong Local 5,500 Jet-A 124,000 Turbine APV Level 1

Willoughby

Willoughby Lost Nation

Municipal Regional 5,028 Jet-A 10,000+ Turbine APV Level 1

Wilmington Wilmington Air Park Not in Asset Study 10,701 Jet-A 831,521 Turbine P Level 1

Wooster Wayne County Regional 5,191 Jet-A 10,000+ Turbine APV Level 1

Zanesville Zanesville Municipal Local 5,000 Jet-A 108,401 Turbine P Level 1

Athens/Albany Ohio University-Snyder Field Regional 5,600 Jet-A 63,500 Piston P Level 2

Bellefontaine Bellefontaine Regional Local 4,999 Jet-A 14,100 Piston APV Level 2

Bryan Williams County Local 4,782 Jet-A 20,000 Piston APV Level 2

Circleville Pickaway County Memorial Local 4,346 Jet-A 24,000 Piston NP Level 2

Findlay Findlay Regional 6,498 Jet-A 154,439 None APV Level 2

Fostoria Fostoria Metropolitan Basic 5,005 Jet-A 20,200 Piston APV Level 2

Fremont Sandusky County Regional Local 5,500 Jet-A 31,000 None APV Level 2

Jackson James A. Rhodes Local 5,201 Jet-A 10,520 Piston NP Level 2

Lancaster Fairfield County Local 5,004 Jet-A 13,654 Piston APV Level 2

Millersburg Holmes County Local 3,498 Jet-A 21,100 Turbine NP Level 2

Mount Vernon Knox County Local 5,498 Jet-A 60,000 Piston APV Level 2

New Philadelphia Harry Clever Field Local 3,951 Jet-A 20,000 Turbine NP Level 2

Newark Newark-Heath Regional 4,649 Jet-A 99,540 Piston NP Level 2

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Oxford Miami University Basic 4,011 Jet-A 20,000 None APV Level 2

Port Clinton Carl R. Keller Field Local 5,646 Jet-A 44,400 Piston APV Level 2

Ravenna Portage County Local 3,499 Jet-A 78,000 Turbine NP Level 2

Urbana Grimes Field Local 4,400 Jet-A 22,557 Piston APV Level 2

Wauseon Fulton County Local 3,882 Jet-A 24,970 Turbine APV Level 2

Ashland Ashland County Local 3,501 Jet-A 10,459 Piston NP Level 3

Barnesville Barnesville-Bradfield Basic 4,004 Avgas N/A Turbine NP Level 3

Batavia Clermont County Unclassified 3,566 Jet-A 30,000 Piston NP Level 3

Bucyrus

Port Bucyrus-Crawford

County Local 3,898 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

Cadiz Harrison County Local 3,765 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

Cambridge Cambridge Municipal Local 4,298 Jet-A 25,660 None NP Level 3

Carrollton Carroll County-Tolson Local 4,297 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

Celina Lakefield Local 4,400 Avgas N/A None APV Level 3

Chesapeake/

Huntington, WV Lawrence County Airpark Local 3,001 Avgas N/A Turbine V Level 3

Dayton

Greene County-Lewis A.

Jackson Regional Local 4,500 Avgas N/A Piston APV Level 3

Galion Galion Municipal Local 3,504 Jet-A Not Provided Piston NP Level 3

Gallipolis Gallia-Meigs Regional Basic 3,999 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

Harrison Cincinnati West Local 2,803 Avgas N/A Turbine NP Level 3

Hillsboro Highland County Local 3,520 Avgas N/A Turbine NP Level 3

Kent Kent State University Local 4,000 Avgas N/A Piston APV Level 3

Kenton Hardin County Basic 4,797 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

London Madison County Local 4,001 Avgas N/A Piston APV Level 3

McArthur Vinton County Basic 3,725 Avgas N/A Piston V Level 3

Medina Medina Municipal Local 3,556 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

Middlefield Geauga County Local 3,500 Jet-A 10,000+ None C Level 3

Napoleon Henry County Local 4,000 Avgas N/A Turbine NP Level 3

Norwalk Norwalk-Huron County Local 4,210 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

Piqua Piqua Airport-Hartzell Field Not in Asset Study 3,997 Jet-A 32,750 Piston NP Level 3

Steubenville Jefferson County Airpark Local 5,000 Jet-A 33,950 None NP Level 3

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Van Wert Van Wert County Local 4,000 Avgas N/A Turbine NP Level 3

Versailles Darke County Local 4,512 Jet-A 54,179 None NP Level 3

Wadsworth Wadsworth Municipal Regional 3,529 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

Waverly Pike County Unclassified 4,900 Avgas N/A Piston NP Level 3

Wilmington Clinton Field Local 3,579 Avgas N/A Turbine APV Level 3

Caldwell Noble County Not in Asset Study 3,811 Avgas N/A None NP Level 4

Dayton Moraine Air Park Not in Asset Study 3,500 Avgas N/A None V Level 4

Deshler

Deshler Municipal Landing

Strip Not in Asset Study 2,480 None N/A None V Level 4

East Liverpool Columbiana County Local 3,503 Avgas N/A None NP Level 4

Georgetown Brown County Local 3,530 Avgas N/A None NP Level 4

Kelleys Island Kelleys Island Land Field Basic 2,270 None N/A None V Level 4

McConnelsville Morgan County Not in Asset Study 3,500 Avgas N/A None V Level 4

Middle Bass Middle Bass Island Airport Basic 1,852 None N/A None V Level 4

Mount Gilead Morrow County Local 3,497 None N/A Turbine C Level 4

New Lexington Perry County Basic 3,498 Avgas N/A None NP Level 4

North Bass Island North Bass Island Basic 1,900 None N/A None V Level 4

Put In Bay Put In Bay Basic 2,870 None N/A None V Level 4

Upper Sandusky Wyandot County Unclassified 3,997 None N/A None C Level 4

Washington

Court House Fayette County Local 5,097 Avgas N/A None NP Level 4

West Union Alexander Salamon Basic 3,762 Avgas N/A None NP Level 4

Willard Willard Not in Asset Study 4,028 Avgas N/A None C Level 4

Woodsfield Monroe County Basic 3,805 Avgas N/A None NP Level 4

Notes: Data collected for calendar year 2012.

Airports with significant jet fuel sales that did not report specific jet fuel quantities are marked with 10,000+.

N/A – Not applicable

Approaches:

P – Precision approach (instrument landing system)

APV – Approach with vertical guidance (GPS approach)

NP – Non-precision approach (any straight-in approach without vertical guidance)

C – Circling approach (any approach not aligned with the runway)

V – Visual approach (no instrument approach procedure)