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Pilot Information
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 Location
 Latitude 40-04-47.200N
 Longitude 083-04-22.900W
 Elevation 905 Feet (275.8 Meters)
 Land Size 1300 Acres
 Variation 5 West
 Location to city 10 nm NW of Columbus, OH
 Mailing Address

The Ohio State University Airport
2160 West Case Road
Columbus, OH 43235-2526

 Phone Number (614) 292-5460
 Fax Number (614) 292-5020
 
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 Airport Operations  
 Facility Use Open to the public
 Sectional Chart Detroit
 Control Tower Yes, 0700 - 2300 EST, Class D
 ARTCC Indianapolis Center
 FSS Dayton
 FBO and Line Attendance 0630 - 2300
 Lights Dusk-Dawn
 Beacon White/Green
 Landing Fee No
 Fire and Rescue ARFF Index A
 Operations Fully Part 139 compliant
 Station Freqency
 Ohio State Tower 118.80 (0700-2300 EST)
 CTAF 118.80 (2300-0700 EST)
 Ohio State Ground 121.70 (0700-2300 EST)
 UNICOM 122.95 (0630-2330 EST)
 ATIS 121.35 (0700-2300 EST)
 ASOS 121.35 (2300-0700 EST)
 ASOS (Tel.) (614) 451-2465
 Clearance Delivery 121.70 (0700-2300 EST)
 Columbus Approach 120.20 ( EST)
 Columbus Departure 120.20 ( EST)


 Helipad
  Dimensions
40' X 40'
  Surface Concrete
  Condition Good
  Traffic Pattern Left
  Touchdown Point No
 Other
 Fuel Available 100LL, JetA
 Aircraft Parking Hangars and tiedowns
 Airframe Service Major, On-base certified repair station
 Powerplant Service Major, On-base certified repair station
 Bottled Oxygen None
 Bulk Oxygen High/Low
 Weather Services Available ASOS and computerized weather
 
Runways 9R / 27L
  9R 27L
 Dimensions 5004' x 100' 5004' x 100'
 Surface Asphalt, good condition Asphalt, good condition
 Weight Limits Single Wheel: 45000 lbs.
Double Wheel: 60000 lbs.
Single Wheel: 45000 lbs.
Double Wheel: 60000 lbs.
 Traffic Pattern Right Left
 Runway Heading 092 mag, 087 true 272 mag, 267 true
 Markings precision instrument precision instrument
 Marking condition good good
 Elevation 901.0' 889.4'
 TCH 28' AGL 27' AGL
 Visual glide slope angle 3.00 deg 3.00 deg
 Visual slope indicator 4-box VASI 4-box VASI
 Approach lights MALSR, 1400', medium intensity ALS with RAILs na
 REILs no yes
 Runway Edge Lights high intensity high intensity
 Instrument Approach ILS, LOC, NDB, GPS, RNAV VOR/DME, RNAV, NDB, GPS
 Displaced Threshold no no
 Touchdown Point yes yes
 Touchdown Elevation 905.0' 903.0'
 Obstructions no Trees
 
 Runways 9L / 27R
  9L 27R
 Dimensions 2994' x 100' 2994' x 100'
 Surface Asphalt, fair condition Asphalt, fair condition
 Weight Limits Single Wheel: 25200 lbs. Single Wheel: 25200 lbs.
 Traffic Pattern Left Right
 Runway Heading 092 mag, 087 true 272 mag, 267 true
 Markings basic basic
 Marking condition good good
 Elevation 904.4' 891.2'
 TCH 26' AGL 31' AGL
 Visual glide slope angle 3.00 deg 3.00 deg
 Visual slope indicator 2-box VASI 2-box VASI
 Approach lights na na
 REILs none none
 Runway Edge Lights medium intensity medium intensity
 Instrument Approach NDB, GPS none
 Displaced Threshold no no
 Touchdown Point no no
 Touchdown Elevation na na
 Obstructions Silo Trees
 
 Runways 5 / 23
  5 23
 Dimensions 3555' x 100' 3555' x 100'
 Surface Good Good
 Weight Limits Single Wheel: 21000 lbs.
Double Wheel: 32000 lbs.
Single Wheel: 21000 lbs.
Double Wheel: 32000 lbs.
 Traffic Pattern Left Left
 Runway Heading 054 mag, 049 true 234 mag, 229 true
 Markings basic basic
 Marking condition good good
 Elevation 903.1' 892.3'
 TCH na na
 Visual glide slope angle na na
 Visual slope indicator none none
 Approach lights na na
 REILs none none
 Runway Edge Lights medium intensity medium intensity
 Instrument Approach none none
 Displaced Threshold no no
 Touchdown Point no no
 Touchdown Elevation 905.0' 905.0'
 Obstructions Trees Trees
 
 Runways 14 / 32
  14 32
 Dimensions 3438' x 100' 3438' x 100'
 Surface Asphalt,fair condition Asphalt,fair condition
 Weight Limits Single Wheel: 32500 lbs.
Double Wheel: 42000 lbs.
Double Tandem: 61000 lbs.
Single Wheel: 32500 lbs.
Double Wheel: 42000 lbs.
Double Tandem: 61000 lbs.
 Traffic Pattern Left Left
 Runway Heading 141 mag, 136 true 321 mag, 316 true
 Markings basic basic
 Marking condition good good
 Elevation 899.8' 893.2'
 TCH na na
 Visual glide slope angle na na
 Visual slope indicator none none
 Approach lights na na
 REILs none none
 Runway Edge Lights medium intensity medium intensity
 Instrument Approach none none
 Displaced Threshold no no
 Touchdown Point no no
 Touchdown Elevation 900.0' 900.0'
 Obstructions Trees Trees
 
 VOR
 ID
Name
Freq
Local Variation
OSU Approach
 I-OSU
ILS OSU
108.50
na
ILS, LOC
 APE
Appleton
116.70
6 W
na
 BUD
Buckeye
109.80
5 W
na
 XUB
Yellow Bud
112.50
5 W
na
 SGH
Springfield
113.20
4 W
na
 
 NDBs
 ID
Name
Freq
Local Variation
OSU Approach
 DKG
Don Scott
348
5 W
NDB 27L
 OS
Fuler
515
5 W
ILS 9R, NDB 9R
 DLZ
Delaware
215
6 W
na
 MRT
Marysville
303
6W
na
 HEH
Newark
524
6W
na
 

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