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) and about 39 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 72,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Kent State University Airport?
Its FAA code is 1G3.
Where is Kent State University Airport?
It is 3 miles west of Kent, Ohio, 1,134 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Kent State University Airport?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Kent State University Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Kent State University Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Kent State University Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Kent State University and North Coast Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kent State University Airport?
8 pilot examiners and 12 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Kent State University Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Akron Fulton International (7 nm south), Portage County (8 nm northeast), Akron-Canton Regional (14 nm south), Medina Municipal (16 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Ohio · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 37 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 72,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,800 |
| general aviation, travelling | 11,100 |
| general aviation, local | 59,400 |
| military | 200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Ohio.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Kent State University 37 aircraft · Stow, 2 miles away
- North Coast Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Ravenna, 9 miles away
- Cleveland Soaring Society INC 6 aircraft · Hartville, 14 miles away Cleveland Soaring Society is a glider club based at Geauga County Airport in Middlefield, Ohio.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 12 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 4 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 training center examiners.
- Timothy Palcho private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kent State University Airport · Stow, OH (2 nm) · (330) 256-5132 · [email protected]
- Martha Anne Gabriel Crum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Akron Fulton Airport, KAKR · Akron, OH (14 nm) · (585) 727-0215 · [email protected]
- Stuart Thomas Cory private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Medina, OH (16 nm) · (330) 421-5902 · [email protected]
- Shannon Ruth Rote private pilot, sport pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · Doylestown, OH (17 nm) · (330) 322-7679 · [email protected]
- David Alan Ciraci private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Canton, OH (19 nm) · (330) 495-7275 · [email protected]
- Jedd Brian Sprunger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dalton, OH (26 nm) · (330) 466-0279 · [email protected]
- Paul Richard Mannion private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mentor, OH (32 nm) · (440) 477-1192 · [email protected]
- Martin Andrew Haski private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Haski Aviation, Inc. · New Castle, PA (46 nm) · (724) 651-0860 · [email protected]
All 40 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Kent 20 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 3 balloons, 2 drones
- Davey Resource Group INC 2 aircraft in town
- Kent State University 37 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- North Coast Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Cleveland Soaring Society INC 6 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,877 since 1982 · 246 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Ohio 149 landing places
- Ohio 8,528 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1G3.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.