Kent State University Airport
1G3 · Kent, Ohio · Summit County · map
Kent State University Airport is a public-use airport owned by Kent State University, 3 miles west of Kent, Ohio, 1,134 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1G3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Kent State University
- Elevation
- 1,134 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 850 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:30 am to dusk; weekends, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1938
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 53 ft, trees 125 ft high 1,985 ft from the end
- Runway 20: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 75 ft high 1,650 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.65 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.5 | |
| 1G3 AWOS-2 | 119.15 | |
| Mount Hope Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.6 | |
| Brwnz and star | 126.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-2), by phone 330-346-1497.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Kent from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Kent, Ohio: 14 piston singles, 3 balloons, 2 drones, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Ohio.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Occasional deer, birds, and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; VASI runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - 122.9.
- Ramp fee for MULTI-ENG aircraft - waived with fuel purchase.
- Tnst hangar: prior permission required.
- Closed dec 25 and jan 1.
- Available only when atndd - self service unavailable.
- Calm wind runway.
- Hvy student trg act.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.