Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport

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Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerScioto County Airport Authority
Serves Portsmouth, Ohio
Time zone UTC−05:00 (-5)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (-4)
Elevation  AMSL 663 ft / 202 m
Coordinates 38°50′26″N82°50′50″W / 38.84056°N 82.84722°W / 38.84056; -82.84722
Map
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PMH
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Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/365,0011,524Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations45,625
Based aircraft30

Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport( IATA : PMH, ICAO : KPMH, FAA LID : PMH) (Scioto County Airport) is on State Route 335 in Minford, Ohio, 12 miles northeast of Portsmouth, in Scioto County, Ohio. It is owned by the Scioto County Airport Authority. [1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. [2]

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History

The airport opened on June 27, 1957. [3] The previous airport was Raven Rock Field, near the Ohio River at 38.715N 83.052W, a grass field with a 2200-foot run.

Lake Central Airlines served the airport from its opening until it merged into Allegheny Airlines in 1968; [3] Allegheny pulled out in 1971. [4] The airport has had no airline service since. [3] Tyme Airlines of Columbus provided scheduled service in 1968. [5] Cleveland based Wright Airlines served Portsmouth for a short time in the late 1960s. [6]

Service on the three airlines in the 1960s are as follows. Lake Central used Douglas DC-3 & Nord 262 aircraft to Cincinnati. After merging with Allegheny, the aircraft was upgraded to Convair 580 prop jets that flew to both Cincinnati and Parkersburg, WV. Tyme Airlines flew small Piper Aztec equipment to both Columbus and Huntington, WV. The fourth airline, Wright Airlines, used Beech 18 aircraft and also served the Columbus and Huntington WV airports.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers 246 acres (100 ha) at an elevation of 663 feet (202 m). Its one runway, 18/36, measures 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) asphalt. [1]

The airport has a fixed-base operator that offers fuel services along with a small snack bar, a restaurant, [7] a couple of hangars, mechanics, and a pilot snooze room. [8]

In the year ending July 26, 2023, the airport had 45,625 aircraft operations, an average of 125 per day. It was 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi, and <1% military. For the same time period, 24 aircraft were based at the airport: 23 single-engine airplanes and 1 helicopter. [1] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for PMH PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
  3. 1 2 3 Hart, Kenneth (September 14, 1999). "Minford Selected for Site of Airport June 29, 1957 - Airport Opened for Service". Portsmouth Daily Times . p. 14. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Airline to end Portsmouth service". Associated Press. Chillicothe Gazette. June 29, 1971. p. 3. Retrieved November 30, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Tyme timetable Feb. 28, 1968
  6. ↑ http://www.timetableimages.com Wright Airlines timetable 7/29/1968
  7. ↑ "Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport". old.minford.k12.oh.us. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  8. ↑ "PMH Aviation FBO Info & Fuel Prices at Greater Portsmouth Rgnl (KPMH)". FlightAware. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  9. ↑ "AirNav: KPMH - Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
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