142 public-use fields

Ohio Airport Density Altitude

Ohio has 142 public-use airports, and none of them typically exceed 5,000 ft of density altitude even on a summer afternoon — heat still trims performance, but the climate keeps typical density altitudes low.

Every field, worst typical afternoon first

Field elevation from FAA NASR · worst typical afternoon of each field's hottest month from NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station · standard pressure, dry air
Airport	City	Field elev	Worst typical afternoon DA	Month
6G5 — Barnesville/Bradfield	Barnesville	1,312 ft	3,138 ft	July
KCAK — Akron-Canton Regional	Akron	1,226 ft	3,132 ft	July
KMFD — Mansfield Lahm Regional	Mansfield	1,297 ft	3,126 ft	July
KPOV — Portage County	Ravenna	1,198 ft	3,110 ft	July
10G — Holmes County	Millersburg	1,227 ft	3,096 ft	July
8G8 — Koons	Salem	1,327 ft	3,095 ft	July
KGQQ — Galion Municipal	Galion	1,224 ft	3,080 ft	July
38I — Cook	Urbana	1,150 ft	3,070 ft	July
3G4 — Ashland County	Ashland	1,207 ft	3,053 ft	July
1D4 — Mayfield	Akron	1,100 ft	3,027 ft	July
5D6 — Parsons	Carrollton	1,270 ft	3,025 ft	July
2G2 — Geary A Bates/Jefferson County Airpark	Steubenville	1,198 ft	3,011 ft	July
4I3 — Knox County	Mount Vernon	1,192 ft	3,010 ft	July
4G5 — Monroe County	Woodsfield	1,197 ft	2,998 ft	July
6CM — Chapman Meml Field	Centerburg	1,180 ft	2,996 ft	July
KYNG — Youngstown/Warren Regional	Youngstown/Warren	1,192 ft	2,992 ft	July
3I7 — Dayton/Phillipsburg	Dayton	1,028 ft	2,989 ft	July
KAKR — Akron Fulton International	Akron	1,067 ft	2,987 ft	July
2P7 — Alderman	St Clairsville	1,187 ft	2,986 ft	July
I74 — Grimes Field	Urbana	1,068 ft	2,970 ft	July
KDAY — James M Cox Dayton International	Dayton	1,009 ft	2,965 ft	July
2B6 — Hollister Field	Wilmington	1,090 ft	2,954 ft	July
12G — Shelby Community	Shelby	1,120 ft	2,953 ft	July
15G — Weltzien Skypark	Wadsworth	1,210 ft	2,946 ft	July
17G — Port Bucyrus/Crawford County	Bucyrus	1,008 ft	2,946 ft	July
2D1 — Lee Field	Alliance	1,062 ft	2,944 ft	July
KOXD — Miami University	Oxford	1,041 ft	2,943 ft	July
KILN — Wilmington Air Park	Wilmington	1,077 ft	2,938 ft	July
3G6 — Tri-City	Sebring	1,188 ft	2,925 ft	July
1G5 — Medina Municipal	Medina	1,190 ft	2,921 ft	July
KMRT — Union County	Marysville	1,021 ft	2,919 ft	July
4I9 — Morrow County	Mount Gilead	1,086 ft	2,918 ft	July
I44 — Dahio Trotwood	Dayton	925 ft	2,912 ft	July
KSCA — Sidney Municipal	Sidney	1,044 ft	2,910 ft	July
KBJJ — Wayne County	Wooster	1,136 ft	2,905 ft	July
KMGY — Dayton/Wright Brothers	Dayton	957 ft	2,902 ft	July
40I — Red Stewart Airfield	Waynesville	955 ft	2,900 ft	July
KEDJ — Bellefontaine Regional	Bellefontaine	1,122 ft	2,900 ft	July
8G6 — Harrison County	Cadiz	1,176 ft	2,898 ft	July
1G3 — Kent State University	Kent	1,135 ft	2,897 ft	July
KGEO — Brown County	Georgetown	958 ft	2,897 ft	July
8G1 — Willard	Willard	967 ft	2,896 ft	July
KTSO — Carroll County/Tolson	Carrollton	1,164 ft	2,896 ft	July
KSGH — Springfield/Beckley Municipal	Springfield	1,051 ft	2,894 ft	July
38D — Salem Airpark	Salem	1,162 ft	2,893 ft	July
02G — Columbiana County	East Liverpool	1,161 ft	2,892 ft	July
KVES — Darke County	Versailles	1,007 ft	2,883 ft	July
I95 — Hardin County	Kenton	1,029 ft	2,873 ft	July
I66 — Clinton Field	Wilmington	1,033 ft	2,872 ft	July
I86 — Ed Newlon Field	New Lexington	1,052 ft	2,864 ft	July
7G8 — Geauga County	Middlefield	1,174 ft	2,858 ft	July
1G8 — Eddie Dew Meml Airpark	Toronto	1,067 ft	2,852 ft	July
I17 — Piqua/Hartzell Field	Piqua	993 ft	2,848 ft	July
KHOC — Highland County	Hillsboro	977 ft	2,847 ft	July
I68 — Warren County/John Lane Field	Lebanon	898 ft	2,830 ft	July
KUYF — Madison County	London	1,082 ft	2,827 ft	July
KDLZ — Delaware Municipal/Jim Moore Field	Delaware	945 ft	2,826 ft	July
I71 — Morgan County	Mc Connelsville	1,000 ft	2,825 ft	July
KAMT — Alexander Salamon	West Union	896 ft	2,822 ft	July
I69 — Clermont County	Batavia	844 ft	2,820 ft	July
KVTA — Licking County Regional	Newark	884 ft	2,819 ft	July
22I — Vinton County	Mc Arthur	954 ft	2,812 ft	July
04G — Lansdowne	Youngstown	1,044 ft	2,811 ft	July
KMNN — Marion Municipal	Marion	993 ft	2,804 ft	July
2D7 — Beach City	Beach City	984 ft	2,800 ft	July
KAOH — Lima Allen County	Lima	975 ft	2,783 ft	July
I23 — Fayette County	Washington Court House	980 ft	2,782 ft	July
4G4 — Youngstown Elser Metro	Youngstown	1,070 ft	2,781 ft	July
I54 — Mad River Airpark	Tremont City	958 ft	2,780 ft	July
7B4 — Miller Farm Landing Strip	Baltimore	930 ft	2,777 ft	July
7D8 — Gates	Garrettsville	1,104 ft	2,773 ft	July
KZZV — Zanesville Municipal	Zanesville	900 ft	2,765 ft	July
6G4 — Wynkoop	Mount Vernon	1,041 ft	2,758 ft	July
I40 — Richard Downing	Coshocton	979 ft	2,744 ft	July
KOSU — Ohio State University	Columbus	906 ft	2,742 ft	July
KTZR — Bolton Field	Columbus	904 ft	2,739 ft	July
KGDK — Greene County/Lewis A Jackson Regional	Dayton	949 ft	2,738 ft	July
5E9 — Packer	Radnor	918 ft	2,719 ft	July
KAXV — Neil Armstrong	Wapakoneta	912 ft	2,712 ft	July
KLHQ — Fairfield County	Lancaster	868 ft	2,701 ft	July
KCMH — John Glenn Columbus International	Columbus	815 ft	2,698 ft	July
KFDY — Findlay	Findlay	813 ft	2,696 ft	July
KPHD — Harry Clever Field	New Philadelphia	894 ft	2,696 ft	July
KCQA — Lakefield	Celina	894 ft	2,690 ft	July
2G1 — Concord Airpark	Painesville	999 ft	2,688 ft	July
KLCK — Rickenbacker International	Columbus	744 ft	2,667 ft	July
4G8 — Columbia	Columbia Station	811 ft	2,663 ft	July
5G7 — Bluffton	Bluffton	851 ft	2,662 ft	July
I73 — Moraine Air Park	Dayton	720 ft	2,662 ft	July
KCDI — Cambridge Municipal	Cambridge	799 ft	2,660 ft	July
3G3 — Wadsworth Municipal	Wadsworth	974 ft	2,658 ft	July
62D — Warren	Warren	905 ft	2,654 ft	July
41N — Braceville	Newton Falls	900 ft	2,648 ft	July
56D — Wyandot County	Upper Sandusky	830 ft	2,637 ft	July
1WF — Waco Field	Troy	817 ft	2,633 ft	July
42I — Parr	Zanesville	790 ft	2,631 ft	July
80G — Tri-City	West Lafayette	844 ft	2,610 ft	July
KVNW — Van Wert County	Van Wert	787 ft	2,609 ft	July
KTOL — Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express	Toledo	684 ft	2,606 ft	July
R47 — Ruhes	Leipsic	801 ft	2,601 ft	July
1G1 — Elyria	Elyria	758 ft	2,598 ft	July
5A1 — Norwalk/Huron County	Norwalk	853 ft	2,597 ft	July
I64 — Ortner	Wakeman	848 ft	2,597 ft	July
5D9 — Bandit Field Airdrome	Clyde	805 ft	2,594 ft	July
KPMH — Greater Portsmouth Regional	Portsmouth	663 ft	2,593 ft	July
KUNI — Ohio University	Athens/Albany	766 ft	2,589 ft	July
I10 — Noble County	Caldwell	879 ft	2,579 ft	July
KCLE — Cleveland-Hopkins International	Cleveland	800 ft	2,575 ft	July
16G — Seneca County	Tiffin	786 ft	2,571 ft	July
KEOP — Pike County	Waverly	661 ft	2,566 ft	July
KCYO — Pickaway County Meml	Circleville	685 ft	2,564 ft	July
KRZT — Ross County	Chillicothe	725 ft	2,564 ft	July
KHZY — Northeast Ohio Regional	Ashtabula	926 ft	2,562 ft	July
KHAO — Butler County Regional/Hogan Field	Hamilton	632 ft	2,561 ft	July
KOWX — Putnam County	Ottawa	764 ft	2,556 ft	July
0G6 — Williams County	Bryan	730 ft	2,552 ft	July
KUSE — Fulton County	Wauseon	781 ft	2,546 ft	July
KCGF — Cuyahoga County	Cleveland	876 ft	2,538 ft	July
I67 — Cincinnati West	Harrison	584 ft	2,533 ft	July
KFZI — Donald P Miller	Fostoria	752 ft	2,529 ft	July
KMWO — Middletown Regional/Hook Field	Middletown	651 ft	2,523 ft	July
KHTW — Lawrence County Airpark	Chesapeake/Huntington Wva	567 ft	2,507 ft	July
6D7 — Deshler Municipal Landing Strip	Deshler	706 ft	2,504 ft	July
S24 — Sandusky County Regional	Fremont	665 ft	2,491 ft	July
KLPR — Lorain County Regional	Lorain/Elyria	793 ft	2,480 ft	July
KDFI — Defiance Meml	Defiance	707 ft	2,462 ft	July
1G0 — Wood County Regional	Bowling Green	673 ft	2,451 ft	July
7W5 — Henry County	Napoleon	683 ft	2,445 ft	July
KGAS — Gallia-Meigs Regional	Gallipolis	566 ft	2,444 ft	July
KTDZ — Toledo Exec	Toledo	623 ft	2,415 ft	July
14G — Fremont	Fremont	663 ft	2,402 ft	July
KLUK — Cincinnati Municipal/Lunken Field	Cincinnati	482 ft	2,366 ft	July
KJRO — James A Rhodes	Jackson	726 ft	2,361 ft	July
KLNN — Lake County Exec	Willoughby	626 ft	2,276 ft	July
88D — Hinde	Huron	609 ft	2,255 ft	July
89D — Kelleys Island Land Field	Kelleys Island	598 ft	2,242 ft	July
3W2 — Put In Bay	Put In Bay	595 ft	2,238 ft	July
3X5 — North Bass Island	North Bass Island	594 ft	2,237 ft	July
KPCW — Erie-Ottawa International	Port Clinton	590 ft	2,232 ft	July
3W9 — Middle Bass-East Point	Middle Bass Island	582 ft	2,222 ft	July
3T7 — Middle Bass Island	Middle Bass Island	579 ft	2,219 ft	July
KBKL — Burke Lakefront	Cleveland	584 ft	2,125 ft	July

▲ above 5,000 ft · ⚠ above 8,000 ft on a typical afternoon of the airport's hottest month. Open any field for its monthly table and a pre-filled calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Which Ohio airport has the highest density altitude in summer?

Barnesville/Bradfield (6G5) tops the list: from 1,312 ft of field elevation, a typical summer afternoon reaches about 3,138 ft of density altitude. Each airport's page carries its full monthly table.

What is the highest airport in Ohio?

Koons (8G8) at 1,327 ft MSL, per the FAA airport record. Elevation is the biggest single term in density altitude — the summer heat gets added on top of it.