Griffing Sandusky Airport

Griffing Sandusky Airport
IATA: SKY – ICAO: KSKY – FAA LID: SKY
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Griffing-Sandusky Airport, Inc.
Serves Sandusky, Ohio
Elevation AMSL 580 ft / 177 m
Coordinates 41°26′00″N 082°39′08″W / 41.43333°N 82.65222°W / 41.43333; -82.65222
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 2,593 790 Asphalt
9/27 3,559 1,085 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 112,100
Based aircraft 44

Griffing Sandusky Airport (IATA: SKY, ICAO: KSKY, FAA LID: SKY) was a public airport in Erie County, Ohio, next to Sandusky Bay three miles southeast of Sandusky.[1] Although the airport closed on December 31, 2013, FAA A/FD still shows the airport as open and operational.[2] Instrument approach procedures are no longer available. All Hangars, except for the remaining building, the entrance, were demolished.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covered 133 acres (54 ha) at an elevation of 580 feet (177 m) above mean sea level. It had two asphalt runways: 18/36, 2,593 by 40 feet (790 x 12 m) and 9/27, 3,559 by 60 feet (1,085 x 18 m).[1]

In the year ending May 6, 2008 the airport had 112,100 operations, average 307 per day: 58% general aviation, 40% air taxi and 1% military. 44 aircraft were then based at this airport: 79.5% single-engine and 20.5% multi-engine.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Griffing Flying Service offered scheduled passenger service to Sandusky until December 2013. The nearest airport with scheduled passenger service is Erie-Ottawa International Airport in Port Clinton.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for SKY (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
  2. ↑ KSKY Griffing Sandusky Airport (accessed 4 February 2015)

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