Youngstown Elser Metro Airport
4G4 · Youngstown, Ohio · Mahoning County · map
Youngstown Elser Metro Airport is a public-use airport, 8 miles south of Youngstown, Ohio, 1,070 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 4,012 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4G4
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,070 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,012 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 348 ft, trees 85 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 259 ft, trees 85 ft high 280 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.95 | |
| Mount Hope Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.6 |
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 Youngstown from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Youngstown, Ohio: 21 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin. 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 · 10 since 1982, 3 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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Tower 1085'AGL /2118'MSL/ located 7-1/2 NM nne.
- Prior cdn required for transient hngr.
- Unatndd easter, thanksgiving, and christmas.
- 40-80 feet trees, 200 feet dist, 135 feet L/R.
- 30 feet fone poles, 200 feet dist, 140 feet L and 190 feet R; 18 feet road, 160 feet dist, 250 feet L/R; 6 feet fence, 140 feet dist, 100 feet L/R; 25 feet hngrs, 45-100 feet dist, 207 feet L.
- Calm wind runway.
- Obstruction clnc slp 0:1 to dthr ovr 40-80 feet trees, 0-200 feet dist, 135 feet L/R.
- Obstruction clnc slp 0:1 to dthr ovr 85 feet tree, 215 feet dist, 240 feet R; 30 feet fone poles, 200 feet dist, 140 feet L and 190-FT R; 18 feet road, 160 feet dist, 250 feet L/R; 6 feet fence, 140 feet dist, 100 feet L/R; 25 feet hngrs, 45-100 feet dist, 207 feet L.
- Large transverse control cracks spaced down runway.
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.