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This is a list of airports in Ohio (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (IATA: BKL, ICAO: KBKL, FAA LID: BKL) is a city-owned airport on the shore of Lake Erie, in the northeast part of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. [1] It is classified as a general aviation airport and is an FAA designated reliever to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), which is Greater ...
Cuyahoga County Airport (IATA: CGF [2], ICAO: KCGF, FAA LID: CGF), also known as Robert D. Shea Field, [3] is a public use airport in northeastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. [1] Owned and operated by Cuyahoga County since 1946, [ 3 ] it also serves Lake County and Geauga County .
Note: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is actually located in Kentucky, but it serves the city of Cincinnati in Ohio Wikimedia Commons has media related to Airports in Ohio . Subcategories
UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2019; Aviation Safety Network - IATA and ICAO airport codes; Great Circle Mapper - IATA, ICAO and FAA airport codes
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Northeast Ohio Regional Airport is assigned HZY by the FAA and JFN by the IATA. [5] The airport received its current name in 2012 [6] and the FAA recognized the name in early 2013. [7] The airport hosts regular events for pilots and other locals.
The airport was made possible when Ohio Governor James Rhodes passed a bill providing funding for each county in the state to have an airport. Land was donated in 1966 for the airport to be built. Operations began in 1968. [3] The airport's 50-year anniversary was celebrated in 2018. [3] The airport was celebrated with a re-dedication in 2019. [4]
On January 4, 1985, an armed 42-year-old Cleveland woman named Oranette Mays hijacked Pan Am flight 558, a Boeing 727 scheduled to fly from Cleveland to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport. During the boarding process for the flight in Cleveland, Mays shot her way onto the plane, shooting and injuring a USAir employee who ...