Lakefield Airport (ICAO: KCQA, FAA LID: CQA) is a publicly owned, public use airport located four miles south of Celina, Ohio. The airport sits on 122 acres at an elevation of 894 feet.^[1][2]

The Lakefield Airport Authority received a $135,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2022 to purchase extra land for land development.^[3] The airport received an additional $95,000 grant in 2023 to conduct an airport drainage study.^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has one runway. It is designated as runway 8/26 and measures 4400 x 75 ft (1341 x 23 m) and is paved with asphalt.^[1][2]

Based on the 12-month period ending August 24, 2023, the airport has 12,045 airport operations per year, an average of 33 per day. It was 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. For the same time period, 20 aircraft were based at the airport, all single-engine airplanes.^[1][2]

The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells both avgas and Jet A fuel.^[5]

Accidents and incidents

• On May 9, 1999, a Cessna 205 made a forced landing after takeoff from Lakefield Airport. Witnesses described the engine initially sounded smooth and uninterrupted but then briefly sputtered and completely shut off. They also said the aircraft looked low and was struggling to climb, and one person said the plane entered a flat spin. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after the power loss.^[6][7]
• On July 9, 2020, a storm destroyed a hangar and a Cessna 150 at the airport.^[8]
• On May 27, 2021, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B crashed while operating near the airport. Shortly after takeoff, the engine lost thrust, but the engine indicators continued to show full power. The pilot established best glide speed and entered a slight bank to avoid trees. Though the pilot jettisoned his chemical load in an attempted to maintain altitude, but the aircraft touchdown in a waterway. The airplane landed inverted, and the pilot was able to escape.^[9][10][11]