Rod'S Sod Airport
OH55 · Barlow, Ohio · Washington County · map
Rod'S Sod Airport is a private airport, 1 mile southwest of Barlow, Ohio, 770 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,300 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OH55
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 770 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2016
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,300 × 75 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (11 nm east), Ohio University Airport (28 nm southwest), Jackson County (29 nm south), Monroe County (35 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (11 nm east), Morgan County (17 nm north), Ohio University Airport (28 nm southwest), Jackson County (29 nm south).
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 flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Barlow from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Barlow, OH as the owner's town.
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:
- River Town Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Williamstown, 12 miles away River Town Aviation is a flight school based in Williamstown, West Virginia, with a second location in South Charleston.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,877 since 1982 · 246 in the last ten years
- River Town Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Ohio 149 landing places
- Ohio 8,529 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OH55.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.