Galion Municipal Airport is three miles northeast of Galion in Crawford County, Ohio. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 classified it as a general aviation airport.

Facilities

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

Galion Municipal Airport

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. 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.

Galion Municipal Airport

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Aerial photo as of 15 March 1995 from USGS The National Map

Airports in Ohio

Buildings and structures in Richland County, Ohio

Transportation in Richland County, Ohio

Galion Municipal Airport