Ohio State University Airport
OSU · KOSU · Columbus, Ohio · Franklin County · map
Ohio State University Airport is a public-use airport owned by Ohio State University, 10 miles northwest of Columbus, Ohio, 906 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 09R/27L, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 130 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 84,323 takeoffs and landings a year. About 69 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOSU · observed 9:53 am EDT (13:53 UTC), 4 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 7 miles
- Sky: overcast at 700 feet
- Temperature 60°F (16°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 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 KOSU 121353Z 24006KT 7SM OVC007 16/14 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01560144
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- C550 at 1,500 ft, 0 nm southeast, 7:25 am EDT (11:25 UTC): overcast above 1,600 ft, remarks: during the descent.
as filed, and in English
CMH UA /OV OSU/TM 1125/FL015/TP C550/SK OVC016/RM DURD
- Report
- a routine report filed through CMH
- Where
- over OSU
- Time
- 11:25 UTC
- Height
- at 1,500 ft
- Aircraft
- C550
- Sky
- overcast from 1,600 ft
- Remarks
- during the descent
- C680 descending, 2 nm east, 7:22 am EDT (11:22 UTC): a routine report with nothing remarked on.
as filed, and in English
OSU UA /OV OSU090002/TM 1122/FLDURD/TP C680/SK B016
- Report
- a routine report filed through OSU
- Where
- 2 nm east (090°) of OSU
- Time
- 11:22 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- C680
- Sky
- B016
- CL35 climbing, 3 nm west, 7:00 am EDT (11:00 UTC): a routine report with nothing remarked on.
as filed, and in English
OSU UA /OV OSU270003/TM 1100/FLDURC/TP CL35/SK B016
- Report
- a routine report filed through OSU
- Where
- 3 nm west (270°) of OSU
- Time
- 11:00 UTC
- Height
- during the climb
- Aircraft
- CL35
- Sky
- B016
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CMH, 10 nm southeast), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 320° at 12 kt; 6,000 ft: 340° at 26 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 340° at 22 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 320° at 24 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 320° at 32 kt, -7 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 5 departures from OSU in those twelve months, carrying 9 passengers in 47 seats (19% filled), to 5 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University → Capital City OSU–FFT | 1 | 0 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Ohio State University → Venango Regional OSU–FKL | 1 | 0 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Ohio State University → Page Field OSU–FMY | 1 | 4 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Ohio State University → Hilton Head OSU–HHH | 1 | 5 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Ohio State University → Morristown Municipal OSU–MMU | 1 | 0 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 5 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OSU · ICAO KOSU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ohio State University
- Elevation
- 906 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09R/27L | 5,004 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,562 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 09L/27R | 2,994 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 09R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 27L: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 53 ft high 2,470 ft from the end
- Runway 05: trees 37 ft high 780 ft from the end
- Runway 23: trees 60 ft high 1,422 ft from the end
- Runway 09L: VASI, two boxes on the left
- Runway 27R: VASI, two boxes on the left, trees 72 ft high 1,545 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.8 | State |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Osu and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.35 | State |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.7 | State |
| Approach and departure · Cbuss and star · Dubln and star | 125.95 | State |
| Ng and operations | 123.075 | State |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 614-451-2465.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 105 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 11 |
| helicopters | 4 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 84,323, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 2 |
| air taxi and commuter | 19,548 |
| general aviation, travelling | 30,178 |
| general aviation, local | 34,477 |
| military | 118 |
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.
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 Columbus from the FAA register
279 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbus, Ohio: 162 piston singles, 42 business jets, 30 helicopters, 15 piston twins, 12 turboprops. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: John Glenn Columbus International (10 nm southeast), Bolton Field (11 nm south), Delaware Muni/Jim Moore Field (12 nm north).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Columbus, by their names on the register:
- Ohio State University 23 aircraft
- Columbus State Community College 7 aircraft
- Central Ohio Soaring Association 2 aircraft Central Ohio Soaring Association is a flying club based at Marion Municipal Airport near Columbus, Ohio.
- Central Ohio Flyers Assn 1 aircraft Central Ohio Flyers Association is a shared-ownership flying club located in central Ohio, operating from Columbus-area airports (KOSU and KDLZ).
- Central Ohio Flyers Association 1 aircraft Central Ohio Flyers Association is a shared-ownership flying club located in central Ohio, operating from Columbus-area airports (KOSU and KDLZ).
Charter operators and airlines based in Columbus:
- AirNet II LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate AirNet II is a cargo airline and charter operator based in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in time-critical and mission-critical logistics including dangerous goods, clinical trials, radiopharmaceuticals, life sciences transport, and aircraft
Repair stations in Columbus:
- Airnet II LLC AirNet II is a cargo charter operator and aircraft maintenance provider based in Columbus, Ohio.
- Helicopter Minit-Men INC
- Lane Aviation CORP Lane Aviation is a fixed base operator and aviation services company at John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, providing aircraft management, charter operations, ground handling, and FBO services.
- Njs145 LLC
- Spirit Avionics LTD. Spirit Aeronautics is a repair station providing aircraft maintenance, avionics systems installation and modification, airworthiness certification engineering, and aircraft on-ground (AOG) emergency support for business aircraft and rotorcr
- State of Ohio
- The Ohio State University Airport
- Tritex Corporation Tritex Corporation is an upholstery fabrication and repair company based in Columbus, Ohio, with an FAA Part 145 repair station certificate.
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
13 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 11 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 14 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 5 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 39 training center evaluators, 33 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- John Ginley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dublin, OH (3 nm) · (330) 414-7773 · jginley712@yahoo.com
- Candi Jo Roby private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · The Ohio State University Airport · Columbus, OH (10 nm) · (740) 417-0086 · roby.32@osu.edu
- Christine Shumway Mortine private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Bolton Field TZR · Columbus, OH (10 nm) · (614) 205-3129 · cbechris@gmail.com
- Paul Anthony Palmisciano private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · OHio State University Airport · Columbus, OH (10 nm) · (614) 395-1639 · paulpalmisciano@gmail.com
- robert headley private pilot (proficiency) · columbus, OH (10 nm) · (330) 283-6860 · robertjheadley@aol.com
- Angela Graziosi private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Galena, OH (12 nm) · (614) 746-4090 · graziosi2024@outlook.com
- John Richard Cooper JR private pilot, commercial and instrument; helicopters · Delaware County Airport · Delaware, OH (12 nm) · (937) 209-0483 · jcooper5000@aol.com
- Andrew David Humphrey sport pilot; airplanes · Heavenbound Aviation · Johnstown, OH (19 nm) · (740) 644-4690 · andy@heavenboundaviation.com
All 111 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.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Noise sensitive area within 4 miles to the north and northeast. Noise abatement rstrns: no tgl or rptd takeoff/landing 11:00 pm to 7:00 am daily.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 09R - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 27L; PAPI runway 09R and 27L; VASI runway 09L and 27R; high-intensity runway lights runway 09R/27L - operates continuously med intst. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 09L/27R - operates continuously low intst.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- All taxiways north of runway 09R/27L closed to unscheduled air carrier operations gtr than 30 passenger seats.
- Snow removal operating procedures: when tower closed announce arrivals/departures on frequency 118.8.
- Heliport (unlit) located north side airfield, adjacent air guard ramp, taxiway G.
- Helicopter landings/tkfs prohibited on taxiway a and all ramp area south of taxiway a. Helicopters ground taxi if capable on taxiway a abeam ramp.
- Surface conditions unmon 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Runway 05/23 closed daily sunset to sunrise.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Columbus 279 aircraft · 162 piston singles, 42 business jets, 30 helicopters
- Ohio State University 23 aircraft in town
- State of Ohio 7 aircraft in town
- Ohio Medical Transportation INC 7 aircraft in town
- Columbus State Community College 7 aircraft in town
- AirNet II LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Ohio State University 23 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Columbus State Community College 7 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Central Ohio Soaring Association 2 aircraft · flying club
- Airnet II LLC · repair station
- Helicopter Minit-Men INC · repair station
- Lane Aviation CORP · repair station
- Njs145 LLC · repair station
- Capital City (FFT) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Venango Regional (FKL) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Page Field (FMY) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Hilton Head (HHH) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Morristown Municipal (MMU) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,877 since 1982 · 249 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 8,518 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OSU.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 9, 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.