Toledo Seaplane Base
2C9 · Toledo, Ohio · Lucas County · map
Toledo Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by the City of Toledo, 2 miles ssw of Toledo, Ohio, 571 feet above sea level. It has 2 water landing areas. It has fuel (car gas (mogas)).
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What is the airport code for Toledo Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 2C9.
Where is Toledo Seaplane Base?
It is 2 miles ssw of Toledo, Ohio, 571 feet above sea level.
Does Toledo Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Toledo Seaplane Base?
The FAA's airport file lists car gas (mogas).
Are there flight schools at Toledo Seaplane Base?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Blue Horizons Flying Club INC and Cae Flying Club of Ohio. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Toledo Seaplane Base?
13 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2C9
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Toledo
- Elevation
- 571 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2012
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04W/22W | 8,000 × 500 ft | Water | |
| 08W/26W | 5,000 × 500 ft | Water |
- Runway 04W: tower 250 ft high 7,475 ft from the end
- Runway 22W: hill on the approach
- Runway 08W: trees 120 ft high 2,790 ft from the end
- Runway 26W: building 335 ft high 6,725 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- car gas (mogas)
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Toledo Executive (5 nm southeast), Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express Airport (12 nm west), Wood County Regional (14 nm south), Fulton County (26 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
- Airport phys ads: pier 75 marina, 299 edwin DR, Toledo, OH 43609-2656.
- Obstruction clnc slp 0:1 due to +4 feet bank/breakwater, 0 feet dist, 240 feet R.
- Sea lane 08W/26W maximum aircraft WT 3000 LB.
- Sea lane 04W/22W no WT rstrn.
- Pier 75 marina on north side of river.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Toledo from the FAA register
55 aircraft are registered to owners in Toledo, Ohio: 38 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 4 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base 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:
- Blue Horizons Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Perrysburg, 7 miles away Blue Horizons Flying Club is a flying club based in Perrysburg, Ohio, operating a fleet of single-engine aircraft for member use.
- Cae Flying Club of Ohio 1 aircraft · Toledo, 13 miles away
- Yellow Bird Flying Club 1 aircraft · Toledo, 13 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Toledo:
- Mercy Health - Life Flight Network LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Toledo:
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, 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
13 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 10 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 10 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives, 1 training center evaluator, 17 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Jeffrey Brian Schorsch private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Perrysburg, OH (6 nm) · (419) 672-1542 · [email protected]
- Joel Allen Borton private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Toledo Executive FBO · Millbury, OH (6 nm) · (248) 330-9945 · [email protected]
- Spencer Norris private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Sylvania, OH (10 nm) · (419) 367-0411 · [email protected]
- Leo Joseph Eggert private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wood County Airport/1G0 · Bowling Green, OH (14 nm) · (419) 944-4700 · [email protected]
- Kerry Michael Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Adrian, MI (28 nm) · (734) 657-6570 · [email protected]
- Stephen Duane Arnold private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Port Clinton, OH (31 nm) · (419) 566-1737 · [email protected]
- Marci Haengel private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Van Buren Township, MI (33 nm) · (734) 262-9292 · [email protected]
- Sara Diane Bey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · East Michigan FSDO-GL-23/ EMI FSDO · Van Buren Charter Township, MI (33 nm) · (586) 201-9018 · [email protected]
All 53 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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.
- 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 seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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 seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Toledo 55 aircraft · 38 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 4 business jets
- Spats Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Mercy Health - Life Flight Network LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Blue Horizons Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Cae Flying Club of Ohio 1 aircraft · flying club
- Yellow Bird Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Boar Aviation, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 1 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/2C9.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.