Koons Airport
8G8 · Salem, Ohio · Columbiana County · map
Koons Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles southwest of Salem, Ohio, 1,327 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,821 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Koons Airport?
Its FAA code is 8G8.
Where is Koons Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Salem, Ohio, 1,327 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Koons Airport?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,821 feet long, grass.
Does Koons Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Koons Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: 507 Flying Club INC and E & G Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Koons Airport?
10 pilot examiners and 20 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 Koons Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8G8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,327 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,821 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09: tree 33 ft high 406 ft from the end
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 90 ft high 101 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
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Youngstown Elser Metro Airport (10 nm northeast), Carroll County/Tolson (21 nm southwest), Beaver County (23 nm east), Youngstown/Warren Regional (24 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Salem Airpark (4 nm north), Tri-City Airport (6 nm west), Youngstown Elser Metro Airport (10 nm northeast), Columbiana County (17 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Threshold and edges marked with orange traffic cones.
- Threshold and edges marked with orange traffic cones.
- Also 16 feet road, 0 feet dist, 250 feet L/R.
- Deer, birds, and 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 Salem from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Salem, Ohio: 18 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 drone. 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:
- 507 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Leetonia, 6 miles away
- E & G Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Alliance, 11 miles away Eagle Air Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Wood County Regional Airport in Bowling Green, 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
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 20 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 4 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 training center examiners.
- David Alan Ciraci private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Canton, OH (20 nm) · (330) 495-7275 · [email protected]
- Charles Edward Sargent private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Beaver Falls, PA (23 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · [email protected]
- Eric Carl Stormfels private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Beaver County Airport · Beaver Falls, PA (23 nm) · (412) 974-9334 · [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 (23 nm) · (724) 651-0860 · [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 (26 nm) · (585) 727-0215 · [email protected]
- 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 (31 nm) · (330) 256-5132 · [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 (37 nm) · (330) 466-0279 · [email protected]
- Shannon Ruth Rote private pilot, sport pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · Doylestown, OH (37 nm) · (330) 322-7679 · [email protected]
All 49 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 · 2 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 Salem 20 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 drones
- 507 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- E & G Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 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/8G8.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.