The Port Bucyrus/Crawford County Airport (FAALID: 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 75ft (1187 x 23 m) and is paved with asphalt. Runway 9/27 measures 2902 x 90ft (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 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: 2,700 feet were added to the taxiway so that it ran parallel to the entire length of the airport's main runway. The airport also installed new lighting system. 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]
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