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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 .
In 1981, a 225,000-ft 2 production facility for the Commuter Aircraft Corporation was built on the west side of the airport, but the company closed down before any aircraft were built. [4] [5] [6] Northwest Airlines discontinued service to Detroit via Akron–Canton in September 2002, leaving the airport without scheduled airline service.
Growth during Airborne's first 22 years was slow, but in 1968, the airline known as Airbourne Freight Company, [1] started going through some changes. The company Air Cargo Equipment Corporation developed and patented a special narrow container, known in the industry later as the "C" container (referring to its C shape), which allowed the more efficient use of space within large jet aircraft. [2]
ABX Air, Inc., formerly Airborne Express, is a cargo airline headquartered at Wilmington Air Park near the City of Wilmington, Ohio, US. [4] ABX Air operates scheduled, ad hoc charter and ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) freight services. It also provides flight support services and training.
Flexjet is a provider of fractional jet ownership, leasing, and jet card services as well as private helicopter fractional, leasing and charter services. Directional Aviation, the private investment firm founded by aviation entrepreneur Kenn Ricci , has owned Flexjet since 2013. [ 2 ]
Wilmington Air Park [1] (IATA: ILN, ICAO: KILN, FAA LID: ILN) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Wilmington, a city in Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
The company began with a new $3.0 million water-jet-powered catamaran, MV Jet Express in 1989, and soon added the $3.2 million MV Jet Express II in 1992. A partnership with the Put-in-Bay Port Authority aided in the addition of the $2.0 million MV Jet Express III in 2002, and in 2009, a partnership with the Lorain Port Authority added the $1.9 ...
Execuflight Flight 1526 was a domestic charter flight from Dayton to Akron, Ohio. On approach it lost airspeed until it stalled and hit a building. There were no casualties on the ground, but the 9 occupants were killed.