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Springfield–Beckley Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Springfield | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Springfield, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
Location | Green Township, Clark County, near Springfield, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
Occupants | 178th Wing | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,051 ft / 320 m | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.airparkohio.com/... | ||||||||||||||
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Federal Aviation Administration
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Springfield–Beckley Municipal Airport ( IATA: SGH, ICAO: KSGH, FAA LID: SGH) is a civil-military airport five miles (8 km) south of Springfield, in Clark County, Ohio, United States. It is owned by the city of Springfield. [1] It is named after the Beckley family, a member of which knew the Wright Brothers, and witnessed and photographed their first flights.
Three units of the Ohio Air National Guard, including the 178th Wing (formerly 178th Fighter Wing), are based at the co-located Springfield Air National Guard Base. [2]
The airport is home to events such as airshows, which feature vintage airplanes, and fly-ins. [3] [4] The airport previously hosted the Commemorative Air Force. [5]
The airport is also home to flight schools. Flight training is available for students at the Clark State Community College. [3]
Springfield had scheduled airline flights on TWA in 1948-50 and on Lake Central in 1953-55.
In 2005, the 178th Fighter Wing lost its F-16 training mission due to the Base Realignment and Closure Act. [2]
The airport received an updated master plan in 2016. [6]
The airport was praised for record-braking fuel sales during the onset of the covid-19 pandemic in 2020. [7]
The airport was named the 2023 Ohio Airport of the Year by the Ohio Aviation Association. [7] [8]
The airport was formerly home to the Ohio Center for Precision Agriculture. [9]
The airport covers 1,516 acres (614 ha) and has two runways. Runway 06/24 measures 9,010 x 150 ft (2,746 x 46 m) and is paved with asphalt. Runway 15/33 measures 5,498 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) and is also asphalt. [1] The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells fuel. It offers services such as catering, hangaring, and courtesy cars and amenities such as internet, conference rooms, vending machines, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, television, and more. [10]
In 2021, the airport received over $2 million in federal grants for runway rehabilitation and improving runway lighting. [11] An additional $226,000 grant that year, approved to provide greater access to drive and parking areas for facilities at the airport, allowed for an electric charging station in addition to a controlled flight simulator. [12] [13]
Additional runway upgrades began in 2022. These updates focused on removing and reinstalling a taxiway, which had surpassed its useful life and did not conform to FAA standards. Further lighting upgrades were also approved. [14]
Millions of dollars were approved for upgrades at the airport in early 2023. [15] That year, new $1.2 million hangars opened. The airport's aircraft parking ramp was also expanded to accommodate the projected growth plans of a maintenance shop at the airport. [9]
The airport is home to the Ohio UAS Center, which is managed by the Ohio Department of Transportation. Plans for the center initially began in 2013 in an effort to secure one of six UAS test sites created by the Federal Aviation Administration. [2] [16]
The airport pushed to build UAS testing facilities for the United States government for years. The first UAS testing at the airport was approved in 2019, when the United States Air Force began testing drones at the airport through the Air Force Research Lab. [17]
The airport is home to flight testing for Amazon and Walmart home delivery services. It is also the site of the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence, which will focus on research into autonomous flight, electrical vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, and electric flight on behalf of the US Department of Defense. [7] [18]
The airport has specially-designed airspace to protect these operations as well as unique surveillance radar that operates out of a converted bus. [2]
In the year ending November 8, 2022 the airport had 32,770 aircraft operations, average 90 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% military, and <1% air taxi. 32 aircraft were then based at this airport: 23 single-engine and 7 multi-engine airplanes, 1 jet aircraft, and 1 helicopter. [1]
39°50′25″N 083°50′25″W / 39.84028°N 83.84028°W
Springfield–Beckley Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Springfield | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Springfield, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
Location | Green Township, Clark County, near Springfield, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
Occupants | 178th Wing | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,051 ft / 320 m | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.airparkohio.com/... | ||||||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||||||
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Statistics (2022) | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
[1] |
Springfield–Beckley Municipal Airport ( IATA: SGH, ICAO: KSGH, FAA LID: SGH) is a civil-military airport five miles (8 km) south of Springfield, in Clark County, Ohio, United States. It is owned by the city of Springfield. [1] It is named after the Beckley family, a member of which knew the Wright Brothers, and witnessed and photographed their first flights.
Three units of the Ohio Air National Guard, including the 178th Wing (formerly 178th Fighter Wing), are based at the co-located Springfield Air National Guard Base. [2]
The airport is home to events such as airshows, which feature vintage airplanes, and fly-ins. [3] [4] The airport previously hosted the Commemorative Air Force. [5]
The airport is also home to flight schools. Flight training is available for students at the Clark State Community College. [3]
Springfield had scheduled airline flights on TWA in 1948-50 and on Lake Central in 1953-55.
In 2005, the 178th Fighter Wing lost its F-16 training mission due to the Base Realignment and Closure Act. [2]
The airport received an updated master plan in 2016. [6]
The airport was praised for record-braking fuel sales during the onset of the covid-19 pandemic in 2020. [7]
The airport was named the 2023 Ohio Airport of the Year by the Ohio Aviation Association. [7] [8]
The airport was formerly home to the Ohio Center for Precision Agriculture. [9]
The airport covers 1,516 acres (614 ha) and has two runways. Runway 06/24 measures 9,010 x 150 ft (2,746 x 46 m) and is paved with asphalt. Runway 15/33 measures 5,498 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) and is also asphalt. [1] The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells fuel. It offers services such as catering, hangaring, and courtesy cars and amenities such as internet, conference rooms, vending machines, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, television, and more. [10]
In 2021, the airport received over $2 million in federal grants for runway rehabilitation and improving runway lighting. [11] An additional $226,000 grant that year, approved to provide greater access to drive and parking areas for facilities at the airport, allowed for an electric charging station in addition to a controlled flight simulator. [12] [13]
Additional runway upgrades began in 2022. These updates focused on removing and reinstalling a taxiway, which had surpassed its useful life and did not conform to FAA standards. Further lighting upgrades were also approved. [14]
Millions of dollars were approved for upgrades at the airport in early 2023. [15] That year, new $1.2 million hangars opened. The airport's aircraft parking ramp was also expanded to accommodate the projected growth plans of a maintenance shop at the airport. [9]
The airport is home to the Ohio UAS Center, which is managed by the Ohio Department of Transportation. Plans for the center initially began in 2013 in an effort to secure one of six UAS test sites created by the Federal Aviation Administration. [2] [16]
The airport pushed to build UAS testing facilities for the United States government for years. The first UAS testing at the airport was approved in 2019, when the United States Air Force began testing drones at the airport through the Air Force Research Lab. [17]
The airport is home to flight testing for Amazon and Walmart home delivery services. It is also the site of the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence, which will focus on research into autonomous flight, electrical vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, and electric flight on behalf of the US Department of Defense. [7] [18]
The airport has specially-designed airspace to protect these operations as well as unique surveillance radar that operates out of a converted bus. [2]
In the year ending November 8, 2022 the airport had 32,770 aircraft operations, average 90 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% military, and <1% air taxi. 32 aircraft were then based at this airport: 23 single-engine and 7 multi-engine airplanes, 1 jet aircraft, and 1 helicopter. [1]