Ashland County Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Ashland County Airport Authority | ||||||||||
Operator | Tailwinds Air Service | ||||||||||
Serves | City of Ashland, Ohio | ||||||||||
Location | Ashland County, Ohio | ||||||||||
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,206 ft / 368 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°54′11″N 082°15′20″W / 40.90306°N 82.25556°W | ||||||||||
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The Ashland County Airport (FAA LID: 3G4) is a public-use airport in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. It is located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) northeast of the central business district of the City of Ashland.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Ashland County Airport covers an area of 45 acres (18 ha) at an elevation of 1,206 feet (368 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway, designated as runway 1/19. It has an asphalt surface and measures 3,501 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m).[1][3]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2021, the airport had 8,395 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% military, and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 34 single-engine and 2 multi-engine airplanes. This is down from 49,240 annual operations and 37 based aircraft in 2010.[1][3]
The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells fuel, both avgas and jet fuel, and offers amenities such as general aircraft maintenance, catering, courtesy transportation, conference rooms, a crew lounge, and more.[4]
The airport is undergoing terminal upgrades to improve facilities for local and transient pilots using the airport. Over $500,000 were allocated for the project.[5]
A $75,000 grant to build an access road at the airport was approved in 2022. The road came off Ohio Route 42 to improve access to the airport.[5][6]