Galion Municipal Airport is three miles northeast of

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. The FAA's

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for 2009–2013 classified it as a ''

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'' airport.

Facilities

The airport covers at an

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of 1,224 feet (373 m). Its

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, 5/23, is 3,505 by 75 feet (1,068 x 23 m). In the year ending June 29, 2009 the airport had 6,216 aircraft operations, average 17 per day: 99.7%

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.Allegheny Commuter Timetable Sept. 5, 1979

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