| Ogden-Hinckley Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: OGD – ICAO: KOGD | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Ogden City Corp. | ||
| Location | Ogden, Utah | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,473 ft / 1,363.4 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 3/21 | 8,103 | 2,470 | Asphalt |
| 7/25 | 5,600 | 1,707 | Asphalt |
| 16/34 | 5,195 | 1,583 | Asphalt |
Ogden-Hinckley Airport (formerly Ogden Municipal Airport) (IATA: OGD, ICAO: KOGD) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the city of Ogden in Weber County, Utah, U.S. It is billed as "Utah's Busiest Municipal Airport" and was a filming location for the 1997 film Con Air.
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During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force. The airport serves general aviation aircraft consisting of private and business aircraft, charters, sight-seeing, air ambulance, and flight training. Although the airport is capable of handling larger passenger aircraft, the airport currently has no scheduled airline flights. The closest airport with scheduled airline flights is Salt Lake City International Airport, located approximately 30 miles south. In the event the Salt Lake City International Airport closes or has to turn away aircraft due circumstances such as weather conditions below landing minimums, Ogden-Hinckley is capable of accepting diverted commercial flights.
The airport is served by an FAA control tower with radar approach services provided by Salt Lake City TRACON.
On 18 December 1953, a United States Air Force B-29 Superfortress scheduled to land at Hill Air Force Base landed at Ogden Municipal Airport by mistake.[1] One of the eight crew was killed when the aircraft crashed and caught fire.[2] May 28th, 2009 Jack Lowry, 49, took off from the Ogden-Hinckley airport just after 9 a.m. and crashed in a field near 1700 West and 3300 South moments later.
The 1975 Maule M-5-210C had just taken off from the airport when the pilot reported a power loss to the control tower.
"The pilot indicated he lost power of his plane and he was going to set it down in a field," said Weber County sheriff's Lt. Lonnie Eskelson. "At that point, the Ogden tower notified us, and EMS got us en route."
Airport manager Ed Rich said, "He was on the takeoff. The engine had a sudden engine stop."
When crews arrived on the scene, the pilot from Layton was still inside the plane. Emergency crews extricated him from the plane.
He was conscious and talking, but in serious condition. He was flown to McKay-Dee Hospital.
"He's very lucky," Rich said. "Looking at the plane, he's very lucky."
The plane slammed into a dirt embankment, shearing the wings off and crumpling the body. Rich said if the plane had been just a few feet higher, it would have landed differently. He said, "He was lucky but a little unlucky. If he'd been 3 or 4 feet higher, he would have just rolled out on a nice landing, but he hit the bank there."
Rich says something else probably saved his life. "He's just very lucky," he said. "He'd just installed some shoulder harnesses a couple of days ago; that probably paid in his survival."
The pilot was shuttling the plane to Alaska for the plane's owner when it crashed.
The airfield was a filming location for the 1997 film Con Air.