Port Bucyrus-Crawford County Airport

Port Bucyrus/Crawford County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 17G
Summary
Owner	City of Bucyrus
Operator	Detray Aviation
Serves	Bucyrus, Ohio
Location	Crawford County, Ohio
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (-5)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (-4)
Elevation  AMSL	1,007.8 ft / 307.2 m
Coordinates	40°46′53″N82°58′29″W / 40.78139°N 82.97472°W / 40.78139; -82.97472
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 3,895 1,187 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft Movements 18,980

The Port Bucyrus/Crawford County Airport (FAA LID: 17G) is a publicly owned, public use airport located 1 mile south of Bucyrus in Crawford County, Ohio. The airport sits on 144 acres at an elevation of 1007 feet. ^{[1] [2]}

In 2021, the airport received nearly $160,000 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was aimed at counteracting inflation in the United States. ^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has two runways. Runway 4/22 measures 3895 x 75 ft (1187 x 23 m) and is paved with asphalt. Runway 9/27 measures 2902 x 90 ft (885 x 27 m) and is made of turf. For the 12-month period ending September 16, 2021, the airport had 18,980 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day. This included 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. For the same time period, 31 aircraft were based at the airport, all airplanes: 30 single-engine and 1 multi-engine. ^{[1] [2] [4]}

The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells avgas, and jet fuel is available on request. Other amenities include courtesy transportation, rental cars, a conference room, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, showers, and more. ^{[5] [6]}

Infrastructure upgrades

The airport received a grant worth nearly $750,000 in 2017 to rehabilitate its main runway. ^[7]

After the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic began, the airport began working on a number of infrastructure improvements to ease airport usage. In early 2022, the airport extended and resurfaced its main taxiway. It also installed new lighting system. 2,700 feet were added to the taxiway so that it ran parallel to the entire length of the airport's main runway. Part of the funds were used to combat pathogens at the airport. ^{[8] [9]}

Later that year, the airport's request for funding to resurface aircraft parking areas was denied by the FAA over concerns on the placement of the airport's administration building. The airport subsequently developed a new master plan, but the FAA proposed an alternate solution before the new master plan was completed. ^[10]

Accidents & incidents

• On March 7, 2014, a medical helicopter operated for the Cleveland Clinic made a precautionary landing at the Port Bucyrus-Crawford County Airport. An alarm reportedly sounded after a fire broke out in the helicopter's engine compartment, but there was no fire on the aircraft at any point. ^{[11] [12]}
• On June 2, 2017, an ultralight aircraft crashed while operating at the Port Bucyrus-Crawford County Airport. The pilot remembered having a structural problem with the aircraft. When he turned back for the airport to attempt a landing, the aircraft entered a nosedive from which the pilot could not recover. The aircraft crashed into a wooded area, and the pilot was taken to the hospital. ^[13]
• On July 15, 2019, an experimental Alpi Pioneer 300 JS aircraft executed a forced landing onto a roadway next to the airport after running out of fuel midflight. ^{[14] [15]}

See also

• List of airports in Ohio

References

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2. "17G - Port Bucyrus/Crawford County Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
3. "North central Ohio airports to receive more than $900K over 5 years via Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act". Knox Pages - Knox County News & Info. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
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6. "Detray Aviation". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
7. "Brown Announces More Than $748,000 in Federal Funds to Improve Airport in Crawford County | U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio". www.brown.senate.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
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9. "FAA Awards Cleveland Nearly $32.75 Million for Use at Hopkins International and Burke Lakefront Airports". Aviation Pros. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
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12. "Medical helicopter makes precautionary landing in Bucyrus". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
13. "Lexington man survives plane crash in Bucyrus". Richland Source. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
14. "Fuel exhaustion Incident Alpi Pioneer 300 JS N114CH, 15 Jul 2019". Aviation Safety Net. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
15. Massara, James. "Plane makes emergency landing in Crawford County". Crawford County Now. Retrieved 2023-08-18.