Highland County
HOC · KHOC · Hillsboro, Ohio · Highland County · map
Highland County is a public-use airport owned by Highland County Commissioners, 3 miles ese of Hillsboro, Ohio, 977 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,520 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 20 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 9,112 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Highland County?
Its FAA code is HOC, and its ICAO code is KHOC.
Where is Highland County?
It is 3 miles ese of Hillsboro, Ohio, 977 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Highland County?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,520 feet long, asphalt.
Does Highland County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Highland County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Highland County?
6 pilot examiners and 11 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 Highland County…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HOC · ICAO KHOC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Highland County Commissioners
- Elevation
- 977 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 700 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,520 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: trees 12 ft high 261 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 19 ft high 235 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Hoc and aWOS-3 | 118.175 | |
| Portsmouth and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 937-393-9038.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Wilmington Air Park Airport (19 nm northwest), Fayette County (24 nm north), Pike County (28 nm east), Ross County (28 nm northeast).
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
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; PAPI runway 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Available H24 self service via credit card.
- +58 feet tree, 81 feet dist, 143 feet R; +5-18 feet trees and brush, 150 feet dist, 250 feet L/R.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 20 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,112, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 32 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,426 |
| general aviation, local | 4,426 |
| military | 228 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Hillsboro from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Hillsboro, Ohio: 16 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 2 drones. 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, 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
Repair stations in Hillsboro:
- Hangar 6 Incorported
- Pas Technologies INC StandardAero is an independent aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider offering engine, airframe, avionics, and component services for commercial, business, military, and industrial aircraft.
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, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 training center evaluators, 13 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- Nandana Lalith Perera private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · PICKAWAY COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT · Circleville, OH (32 nm) · (740) 974-1421 · [email protected]
- Brett Hunter private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Waynesville, OH (33 nm) · (513) 464-1151 · [email protected]
- Brian W Trapp private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Warren County Airport · Lebanon, OH (37 nm) · (513) 476-8359 · [email protected]
- Thomas Vearil private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Warren County Airport · Lebanon, OH (37 nm) · (513) 827-0280 · [email protected]
- James Matthew Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Butler County Airport · Hamilton, OH (47 nm) · (513) 678-4197 · [email protected]
- Kevin Randall Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Butler County Regional Airport · Hamilton, OH (47 nm) · (513) 332-7016 · [email protected]
All 54 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-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.
- 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.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 7 since 1982, 3 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 Hillsboro 25 aircraft · 16 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 2 drones
- Highland County Sheriffs Office 2 aircraft in town
- Hangar 6 Incorported · repair station
- Pas Technologies INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 3 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 8,530 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HOC.json.
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 27, 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.