Erie-Ottawa International
PCW · KPCW · Port Clinton, Ohio · Ottawa County · map
Erie-Ottawa International is a public-use airport, 3 miles east of Port Clinton, Ohio, 590 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,646 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 98 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 54,150 takeoffs and landings a year. About 14 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Erie-Ottawa International?
Its FAA code is PCW, and its ICAO code is KPCW.
Where is Erie-Ottawa International?
It is 3 miles east of Port Clinton, Ohio, 590 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Erie-Ottawa International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 09/27, is 5,646 feet long.
Does Erie-Ottawa International have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Erie-Ottawa International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Erie-Ottawa International?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Great Circle Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Erie-Ottawa International?
8 pilot examiners and 8 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PCW · ICAO KPCW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 590 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1971
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,646 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 65 ft high 1,825 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 201 ft, trees 40 ft high 925 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 85 ft high 1,900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.35 | |
| Pcw and aWOS-3 | 118.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 419-734-9955.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A 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
- charter flights, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sandusky County Regional (15 nm southwest), Norwalk/Huron County (22 nm southeast), Toledo Executive (28 nm west).
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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 09 and 27 operates continuously.
- Tnst hangar: prior permission required.
- Runway 27 calm wind runway.
- Txl a closed to aircraft with wingspan gtr than 49 feet.
- Occnl deer, birds and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of aprt.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 80 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 7 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 54,150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 14,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,000 |
| general aviation, local | 25,000 |
| military | 150 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Port Clinton from the FAA register
37 aircraft are registered to owners in Port Clinton, Ohio: 28 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 1 business jet. 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:
- Great Circle Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Sandusky, 9 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Port Clinton:
- Griffing Flying Service Inc 9 aircraft on the certificate Griffing Flying Service is a charter operator based in Port Clinton, Ohio, offering private jet and airplane charter service to over 4,000 destinations across the US, Canada and the Caribbean.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 8 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives, 1 training center evaluator, 2 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- Stephen Duane Arnold private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Port Clinton, OH (0 nm) · (419) 566-1737 · [email protected]
- Joel Allen Borton private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Toledo Executive FBO · Millbury, OH (26 nm) · (248) 330-9945 · [email protected]
- Bradley Wayne Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Tiffin, OH (30 nm) · (419) 357-0255 · [email protected]
- Jeffrey Brian Schorsch private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Perrysburg, OH (32 nm) · (419) 672-1542 · [email protected]
- Leo Joseph Eggert private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wood County Airport/1G0 · Bowling Green, OH (35 nm) · (419) 944-4700 · [email protected]
- Spencer Norris private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Sylvania, OH (41 nm) · (419) 367-0411 · [email protected]
- Marci Haengel private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Van Buren Township, MI (48 nm) · (734) 262-9292 · [email protected]
- Sara Diane Bey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · East Michigan FSDO-GL-23/ EMI FSDO · Van Buren Charter Township, MI (48 nm) · (586) 201-9018 · [email protected]
All 27 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-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 2 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Port Clinton 37 aircraft · 28 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 1 business jets
- Griffing Flying Service INC 8 aircraft in town
- Liberty Aviation Museum 4 aircraft in town
- Liberty Aviation Museum INC 2 aircraft in town
- Bay Aero Ventures LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Griffing Flying Service Inc 9 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Great Circle Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,877 since 1982 · 246 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 8,530 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PCW.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 27, 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.