Sylvania Airport is a privately owned public use

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located 3

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s (5 km) west of the

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, a community in

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, United States. Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter

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for the FAA and

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(IATA), this airport is assigned C89 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. Skydive Midwest is based at the airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Sylvania Airport covers an area of 34

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s (13 ha) at an

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of 788 feet (240 m) above

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. It has two

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s: 8R/26L is 2,272 by 38 feet (693 x 12 m) with an asphalt surface and 8L/26R is 2,343 by 120 feet (714 x 37 m) with a turf surface. For the 12-month period ending June 2, 2022, the airport had 23,000 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day; all general aviation. In November 2022, there were 47 aircraft based at this airport: 43 single-engine, 3 multi-engine and 1 ultra-light.

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