Lansdowne Airport

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Lansdowne Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorLansdowne Land Associates
LocationYoungstown, Ohio
Time zone UTC−05:00 (-5)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (-4)
Elevation  AMSL 1,044 ft / 318 m
Coordinates 41°07′50″N080°37′11″W / 41.13056°N 80.61972°W / 41.13056; -80.61972
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
2/203,073937 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft Movements1,040
Based Aircraft4

Lansdowne Airport( FAA LID : 04G) is a small, local airport on the East Side of Youngstown, Ohio, US near the Pennsylvania state line. Lansdowne Airport is a privately owned airport, located in an area known as the "Sharon Line" to locals, due to its proximity to a defunct train line that once ran from Youngstown to Sharon, right across the state line through the Steel Valleys.

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History

The airport was dedicated as Lansdowne Field in late October 1926. It was named for Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, an Ohio native and commander of the US Navy airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), which crashed in Ava, Ohio, in 1925. Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, then the head of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics and champion of airships, was in attendance. [1] [2]

Lansdowne Airport was the first airport in Youngstown and was the first in the region to see airmail service. In 1933, it was the landing point for the Taylor Cub aircraft that held the world endurance record for a light aircraft at the time: 12 hours and 27 minutes. [3]

Lansdowne was Youngstown's only city-operated airport until 1940. Because of the increasing size in airplanes and the lack of a suitable amount of land in the vicinity of Lansdowne, a decision was made to build Youngstown Municipal Airport eleven miles away in Vienna, Ohio. [3]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has one runway, designated as runway 2/20. It measures 3073 x 50 ft (937 x 15 m). It is paved with asphalt. [4]

The airport does not have a fixed-base operator. [5]

For the 12-month period ending September 24, 2021, the airport had 1,040 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per week. It included 99% general aviation and 1% military. For the same time period, 4 aircraft were based at the airport, all single engine airplanes. [4]

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. ↑ "Trip". Time. Retrieved 2007-02-26.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ O'Brien, Dan (2016-11-29). "Owners Vow to Keep Forgotten Airport Open". Business Journal Daily | The Youngstown Publishing Company. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  3. 1 2 O'Brien, Dan (2016-11-29). "Owners Vow to Keep Forgotten Airport Open". Business Journal Daily | The Youngstown Publishing Company. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  4. 1 2 "AirNav: 04G - Lansdowne Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  5. ↑ "Lansdowne Airport Overview and FBOs (Youngstown, OH) [04G]". FlightAware. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  6. ↑ "Cessna 177 crash in Ohio (N2992X) | PlaneCrashMap.com". planecrashmap.com. Retrieved 2024-01-19.


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