Galion Municipal Airport

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Galion Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Galion
ServesGalion, Ohio
Elevation AMSL1,224 ft / 373 m
Coordinates40°45′12″N 082°43′26″W / 40.75333°N 82.72389°W / 40.75333; -82.72389
Map
GQQ is located in Ohio
GQQ
GQQ
Location in Ohio
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 3,505 1,068 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations6,216
Based aircraft31

Galion Municipal Airport (IATA: GQQ, ICAO: KGQQ, FAA LID: GQQ) is three miles northeast of Galion in Crawford County, Ohio.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 classified it as a general aviation airport.[2]

Facilities[]

The airport covers 152 acres (62 ha) at an elevation of 1,224 feet (373 m). Its runway, 5/23, is 3,505 by 75 feet (1,068 x 23 m).[1]

In the year ending June 29, 2009 the airport had 6,216 aircraft operations, average 17 per day: 99.7% general aviation and 0.3% military. 31 aircraft were then based at this airport, all single-engine.[1] Galion Municipal Airport had airline service in the 1960s,70s, and 80s. Fischer Brothers Aviation was an Allegheny Commuter based at Galion. They flew De Havilland Herons & Doves & then bought the larger Casa 212 airplanes in the early 1980s . The service was a very short, 5 minute flight to/from Mansfield (MFD) where they would continue on to Cleveland Hopkins (CLE). The airline continued to grow to Columbus (CMH), Detroit (DTW) & other Midwestern cities.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for GQQ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 8 April 2010.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. ^ Allegheny Commuter Timetable Sept. 5, 1979

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