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 6:53 pm EDT (22:53 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 38°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 062253Z 18005KT 10SM CLR 17/03 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01720033
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.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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
Takeoffs and landings a year about 84,323, 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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Ohio.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.