Fayette County Airport (Ohio)


Fayette County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located at 2770 State Route 38 two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Washington Court House, a city in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it was classified as a general aviation airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Fayette County Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 980 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,097 by 75 feet.
For the 12-month period ending May 28, 2009, the airport had 29,405 aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military.
At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.

Medical Helicopter Base

In October 2013, it was announced that MedFlight, a not-for-profit, air and ground critical care transportation company based in Columbus, Ohio would establish a base at the airport. Operations commenced at the airport on December 6, 2013 with MedFlight leasing a hangar from a private party.
On May 1, 2014 the helicopter's base relocated to a permanent helipad on Old Route 35, near Octa.