Bandit Field Airdrome
5D9 · Clyde, Ohio · Seneca County · map
Bandit Field Airdrome is a public-use airport, 5 miles south of Clyde, Ohio, 805 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,630 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Bandit Field Airdrome?
Its FAA code is 5D9.
Where is Bandit Field Airdrome?
It is 5 miles south of Clyde, Ohio, 805 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bandit Field Airdrome?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,630 feet long, grass.
Does Bandit Field Airdrome have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Bandit Field Airdrome?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Fremont Flight Academy LLC and Black Swamp Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bandit Field Airdrome?
6 pilot examiners and 5 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 airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5D9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 805 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,630 × 80 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 255 ft, road 16 ft high 22 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Sandusky County Regional (6 nm northwest), Seneca County (14 nm southwest), Norwalk/Huron County (18 nm east), Erie-Ottawa International (18 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sandusky County Regional (6 nm northwest), Fremont Airport (11 nm northwest), Seneca County (14 nm southwest), Willard Airport (15 nm southeast).
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
- Pvt road xing runway 500'N of aer 36 creating unsafe condition for aircraft using runway.
- Pvt road crosses runway 18/36 550 feet north of the aer runway 36
- Tnst hngr storage on availability, prior cdn required
- Tnst TIE-DOWN, prior coordination required, user supplied ropes required
- Runway ends and dthr marked with red/yellow checkerboard panels.
- Runway ends marked with red/yellow checkerboard panels.
- Occl deer, birds and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Clyde from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Clyde, Ohio: 10 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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:
- Fremont Flight Academy LLC 2 aircraft · Fremont, 6 miles away
- Black Swamp Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Fremont, 6 miles away
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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives.
- Bradley Wayne Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Tiffin, OH (14 nm) · (419) 357-0255 · [email protected]
- Stephen Duane Arnold private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Port Clinton, OH (18 nm) · (419) 566-1737 · [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 (30 nm) · (248) 330-9945 · [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 (32 nm) · (419) 944-4700 · [email protected]
- Jeffrey Brian Schorsch private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Perrysburg, OH (33 nm) · (419) 672-1542 · [email protected]
- Spencer Norris private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Sylvania, OH (45 nm) · (419) 367-0411 · [email protected]
All 18 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-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.
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 Clyde 15 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 balloons
- Fremont Flight Academy LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Black Swamp Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- 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/5D9.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.