Rickenbacker International

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 05R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
• Runway 23L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
• Runway 05L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 898 ft, 11,004 ft available for landing
• Runway 23R: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 989 ft, 10,913 ft available for landing

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 614-492-2441.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bolton Field (11 nm northwest), John Glenn Columbus International (11 nm north), Fairfield County (13 nm east).

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

• Pattern altitude for light aircraft weighing 12500 pounds or less 656'; pattern altitude for aircraft greater than 12500 pounds 1156'; pattern altitude for overhead traffic 1656'.
• Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
• Contact gnd control for clnc prior to pushback onto taxiway 'A' from cargo ramp 2.
• Ang; 121 arw KC-135 R comd post DSN696-4468. Ltd tran service available, wkd 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm++ exe holidays. Ltd tran fuel/prk, tran aircrew must assist/perform refuel operates. Fuel available on ang ramp on prior required only. Aircraft support not coord by prior permission required 48 hour prior with 121 arw may not be available.
• Arng; operates 1200-2100Z++ wkd except holidays. No tran service after 1900Z++, DSN346-6411,C614-336-6411.
• Remark; see flip AP/1 supplementary airport rmk.
• Light; bdry light available.
• Jasu: 6(A/M32A-86) 9(B809) 4(AM32-95).
• Fluid: SP presair lhox.
• Oil; O-128.
• Tran alert: ltd service available but no prior permission required rqr. No ang tran service off ang ramp.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,873, 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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in Columbus from the FAA register

279 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbus, Ohio: 161 piston singles, 43 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.

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:

• Flight Gear Aviation LLC 5 aircraft · Pickerington, 10 miles away Flight Gear Aviation LLC is a flight school based at Newark-Heath Airport in Heath, Ohio, offering pilot training programs from private pilot through commercial and instrument ratings, as well as jet type ratings in Cessna Citation aircraft
• N3386F Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Pickerington, 10 miles away Columbus Flying Club is a flying club based at Ohio State University Airport in Columbus, Ohio.
• Ohio State University 23 aircraft · Columbus, 13 miles away
• Columbus State Community College 7 aircraft · Columbus, 13 miles away
• Central Ohio Soaring Association 4 aircraft · Columbus, 13 miles away The Central Ohio Soaring Association is a flying club based at Marion Municipal Airport near Columbus, Ohio.
• Central Ohio Flyers Assn 1 aircraft · Columbus, 13 miles away Central Ohio Flyers Association is a shared-ownership flying club located in central Ohio with bases at Columbus (KOSU) and Delaware (KDLZ).
• Central Ohio Flyers Association 1 aircraft · Columbus, 13 miles away Central Ohio Flyers Association is an ownership-based flying club located in central Ohio with bases at Columbus (KOSU) and Delaware (KDLZ).

Charter operators and airlines based in Columbus:

• AirNet II LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate AirNet II is a cargo charter operator specializing in time-critical and mission-critical logistics, including life sciences and radiopharmaceutical transport, dangerous goods, and high-value cargo.

Repair stations in Columbus:

• Airnet II LLC AirNet II is a cargo airline and charter operator based in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in time-critical logistics for life sciences, radiopharmaceuticals, dangerous goods, and high-value cargo.
• Helicopter Minit-Men INC
• Lane Aviation CORP Lane Aviation is a family-owned aviation services company based at John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, providing aircraft management, charter operations, and FBO services.
• Njs145 LLC
• Spirit Avionics LTD.
• State of Ohio
• The Ohio State University Airport
• Tritex Corporation

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.

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