Middle Bass Island Airport is a public
airport
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located on
Middle Bass Island
Middle Bass Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio, located in Lake Erie. A small town, Middle Bass, lies on the island. The 805-acre (3.258 km²) island is shaped like the Big Dipper and is one of three Bass Islands located at th ...
in
Ottawa County,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
,
United States
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. It is owned by the Put-in-Bay Township Port Authority.
Facilities and aircraft
Middle Bass Island Airport has one
asphalt
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paved
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
(10/28) measuring 1,852 x 75 ft. (564 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 27, 2021, the airport had 6,500 aircraft operations, an average of 125 per week: 62%
air taxi
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In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) ...
, and 39%
general aviation
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.
See also
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List of airports in Ohio
This is a list of airports in Ohio (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were ...
References
External links
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Airports in Ohio
Transportation in Ottawa County, Ohio
Buildings and structures in Ottawa County, Ohio
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