Lakefield Airport

Lakefield Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KCQA FAA LID: CQA
Summary
Owner	Lakefield Airport Authority
Operator	Miller Aviation
Serves	Celina, Ohio
Location	Mercer County, Ohio, United States
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (-5)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (-4)
Elevation  AMSL	894 ft / 273 m
Coordinates	40°29′03″N084°33′32″W / 40.48417°N 84.55889°W / 40.48417; -84.55889
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 4,400 1,341 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft Operations 12,045

Lakefield Airport (ICAO: KCQA, FAA LID: CQA) is a publicly owned, public use airport located four miles south of Celina, Ohio. The airport sits on 122 acres at an elevation of 894 feet. ^{[1] [2]}

The Lakefield Airport Authority received a $135,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2022 to purchase extra land for land development. ^[3] The airport received an additional $95,000 grant in 2023 to conduct an airport drainage study. ^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has one runway. It is designated as runway 8/26 and measures 4400 x 75 ft (1341 x 23 m) and is paved with asphalt. ^{[1] [2]}

Based on the 12-month period ending August 24, 2023, the airport has 12,045 airport operations per year, an average of 33 per day. It was 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. For the same time period, 20 aircraft were based at the airport, all single-engine airplanes. ^{[1] [2]}

The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells both avgas and Jet A fuel. ^[5]

Accidents and incidents

• On May 9, 1999, a Cessna 205 made a forced landing after takeoff from Lakefield Airport. Witnesses described the engine initially sounded smooth and uninterrupted but then briefly sputtered and completely shut off. They also said the aircraft looked low and was struggling to climb, and one person said the plane entered a flat spin. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after the power loss. ^{[6] [7]}
• On July 9, 2020, a storm destroyed a hangar and a Cessna 150 at the airport. ^[8]
• On May 27, 2021, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B crashed while operating near the airport. Shortly after takeoff, the engine lost thrust, but the engine indicators continued to show full power. The pilot established best glide speed and entered a slight bank to avoid trees. Though the pilot jettisoned his chemical load in an attempted to maintain altitude, but the aircraft touchdown in a waterway. The airplane landed inverted, and the pilot was able to escape. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

See also

• List of airports in Ohio

References

1. "AirNav: KCQA – Lakefield Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
2. "CQA – Lakefield Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
3. "Brown Announces More Than $100,000 to Support the Lakefield Airport | U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio". www.brown.senate.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
4. Sharpe, Joseph (2023-04-27). "Senator Brown Announces More Than $735,000 To Improve Airports In Northwest Ohio". Your Hometown Stations. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
5. "Miller Aviation FBO Info & Fuel Prices at Lakefield (KCQA)". FlightAware. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
6. "Cessna 205 crash in Ohio (N8157Z) | PlaneCrashMap.com". planecrashmap.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
7. "May 9, Celina, Ohio / Cessna 205". Aviation Safety. 2002-09-30. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
8. "Hangar, airplane at Lakefield Airport in Celina destroyed in afternoon storm". WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
9. "1 hurt in plane crash". The Daily Standard. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
10. "Grumman-Schweizer G-164B, N8376K: Accident May 27, 2021 near Lakefield Airport (KCQA), Celina, Mercer County, Ohio". Kathryn's Report. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
11. "Crop-dusting plane crashes in Ohio, pilot taken to hospital". AP News. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2023-11-09.