Neil Armstrong Airport
AXV · KAXV · Wapakoneta, Ohio · Auglaize County · map
Neil Armstrong Airport is a public-use airport owned by Auglaize County Commissioners, 8 miles southwest of Wapakoneta, Ohio, 912 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KAXV · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAXV 061935Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 20/05 A3008 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AXV · ICAO KAXV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Auglaize County Commissioners
- Elevation
- 912 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 990 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1956
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 698 ft, trees 89 ft high 485 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 237 ft, road 15 ft high 330 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.45 | |
| Axv and aWOS-3PT | 128.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 419-753-2821.
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 Wapakoneta from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Wapakoneta, Ohio: 6 drones, 3 piston singles, 1 business jet. 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 · 4 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - 122.7.
- 100LL and jet A1+ available H24 self service via credit card.
- 8 feet fence, 65-200 feet dist, 220-230 feet L.
- Approach slp 13:1 to dthr due to +89 feet tree, 1168 feet dist, 238 feet L.
- Approach slp 20:1 to dthr
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.