Waco Field
1WF · Troy, Ohio · Miami County · map
Waco Field is a public-use airport, 2 miles south of Troy, Ohio, 817 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,385 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Waco Field?
Its FAA code is 1WF.
Where is Waco Field?
It is 2 miles south of Troy, Ohio, 817 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Waco Field?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,385 feet long, grass.
Does Waco Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Waco Field?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Kwihnai Flyers LLC and Skypark Aero Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Waco Field?
9 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 Waco Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1WF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 817 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Tuesday, 9:00 am to 1:30 pm; weekends, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm; Thursday to Friday, 9:00 am to 1:30 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2000
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,385 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 525 ft, building 45 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 36: tree 75 ft high 1,020 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: James M Cox Dayton International (7 nm south), Piqua/Hartzell Field (10 nm northwest), Dayton/Phillipsburg Airport (11 nm southwest), Sidney Municipal (14 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: James M Cox Dayton International (7 nm south), Piqua/Hartzell Field (10 nm northwest), Dayton/Phillipsburg Airport (11 nm southwest), Sidney Municipal (14 nm north).
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
- Provided clear 20:1 approaches; clear obstruction free zone; clear runway safety area.
- Tiedown anchors and ropes not provided.
- Threshold and dthr marked with white barrels.
- Threshold marked with white barrels.
- Obstruction clnc slp 20:1 to dthr due to +45 feet unmkd/unlighted building, 400 feet dist, 85 feet L of CL; +40 feet marked power line/pole, 334 feet dist, on CL.
- Drone (UAS) operations on the field annc intns on the common traffic frequency and overfly the field; drone (UAS) should lnd cnstnt with loa on file with airport.
- Occasional deer, birds, and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Troy from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Troy, Ohio: 38 piston singles, 3 drones, 3 business jets. 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:
- Kwihnai Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Troy
- Skypark Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Troy
- Sinclair Community College 8 aircraft · Dayton, 8 miles away Sinclair Community College is a community college in Dayton, Ohio, serving the southwestern Ohio region with over 300 associate and certificate programs.
- Wright Flyers Club 2 aircraft · Huber Heights, 12 miles away
- Hartzell Propeller Employees Flying Club 1 aircraft · Piqua, 12 miles away
Repair stations in Troy:
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
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 12 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 training center evaluators, 14 aircrew program designees.
- Steven Wolf private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · DeGraff, OH (22 nm) · (937) 935-5557 · [email protected]
- Steven Lee Buchenroth private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bellefontaine Regional Airport · Bellefontaine, OH (28 nm) · (937) 597-2055 · [email protected]
- Charles Noel Black private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Auglaize County Neil Armstrong Airport · New Knoxville, OH (29 nm) · (419) 953-2220 · [email protected]
- Brett Hunter private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Waynesville, OH (31 nm) · (513) 464-1151 · [email protected]
- Brian W Trapp private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Warren County Airport · Lebanon, OH (33 nm) · (513) 476-8359 · [email protected]
- Thomas Vearil private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Warren County Airport · Lebanon, OH (33 nm) · (513) 827-0280 · [email protected]
- James Matthew Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Butler County Airport · Hamilton, OH (42 nm) · (513) 678-4197 · [email protected]
- Kevin Randall Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Butler County Regional Airport · Hamilton, OH (42 nm) · (513) 332-7016 · [email protected]
All 46 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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-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.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Troy 44 aircraft · 38 piston singles, 3 drones, 3 business jets
- Waco Historical Society INC 2 aircraft in town
- Kwihnai Flyers LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Kwihnai Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Skypark Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Sinclair Community College 8 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Goodrich Corporation Aircraft Wheels and Brakes · repair station
- 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/1WF.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.
