Ohio State University Airport

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Coordinates: 40°04′47″N 083°04′23″W / 40.07972, -83.07306

Ohio State University Airport

IATA: OSU – ICAO: KOSU – FAA: OSU
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Ohio State University
Location		Columbus, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		905 ft / 276 m
Website		www.osuairport.org
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	3,555	1,084	Asphalt
9L/27R	2,994	913	Asphalt
9R/27L	5,004	1,525	Asphalt
14/32	3,438	1,048	Asphalt
Helipads
Number	Length		Surface
Number	ft	m	Surface
H1	40	12	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			94,098
Based aircraft			216
Sources: FAA^[1], airport website^[2]

Ohio State University Airport (IATA: OSU, ICAO: KOSU, FAA LID: OSU) is a public airport located six miles (10 km) northwest of the central business district of Columbus, a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States.^[1] It is nationally ranked the 88th general aviation airport.^{[citation needed]}

The airport is operated by Ohio State University in Columbus, not to be confused with Ohio University in Athens, which owns the Ohio University Airport (IATA: ATI, FAA: UNI).^[1] Its nickname is OSU Don Scott Airport after Donald E. Scott, an OSU alumnus who died during his training as a pilot in England during World War II.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Ohio State University Airport covers an area of 500 acres (202 ha) which contains four runways and one helipad. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 94,098 aircraft operations, an average of 257 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and <1% military. There are 216 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 7% jet (16) and 4% helicopter.^[1]