Grimes Field
I74 · Urbana, Ohio · Champaign County · map
Grimes Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Urbana, 1 mile north of Urbana, Ohio, 1,068 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 4,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 48 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 59,250 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA I74
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Urbana
- Elevation
- 1,068 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,400 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 3,000 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.45 | |
| I74 and aWOS-3 | 118.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 937-484-5863.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 59,250, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Urbana from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Urbana, Ohio: 25 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 drones, 1 turboprop, 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.
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 · 7 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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for aircraft with maximum landing WT 6000 LB or gtr - waived with mnm fuel purchase.
- Prior cdn required for transient hngr.
- Unatndd major holidays.
- 100LL and jet a+ available H24 self service via credit card.
- Calm wind runway.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 125 feet water tower, 1 NM south.
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.