North Vernon Airport
OVO · KOVO · North Vernon, Indiana · Jennings County · map
North Vernon Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles northeast of North Vernon, Indiana, 757 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OVO · ICAO KOVO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 757 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 2,730 × 50 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 15: road 14 ft high 375 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 55 ft high 1,120 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.85 | |
| Ovo and aWOS-3 | 120.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 812-346-5041.
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 North Vernon from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in North Vernon, Indiana: 9 piston singles, 6 drones. 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 Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- 24 hour self service fuel available.
- Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23: medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- 10 feet crops 125 feet R of runway end centerline.
- 10 feet crops 60 feet L of runway end centerline.
- 10 feet crops 80 feet L of runway end centerline.
- 10 feet crops 60 feet L and R of runway end centerline.
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.