Ross County
RZT · KRZT · Chillicothe, Ohio · Ross County · map
Ross County is a public-use airport owned by Ross County Board of Comm, 6 miles northwest of Chillicothe, Ohio, 725 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,405 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRZT · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 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 KRZT 061935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/01 A3012 RMK AO2 PWINO
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 RZT · ICAO KRZT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ross County Board of Comm
- Elevation
- 725 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1965
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,405 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 70 ft high 1,411 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 41 ft high 1,216 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Class C (secondary) arriving from headings 100 to 279 | 132.3 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.0 | |
| Rzt and aWOS-3 | 119.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 740-779-1364.
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 Chillicothe from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Chillicothe, Ohio: 28 piston singles, 5 drones, 1 piston twin. 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 · 3 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - 123.0.
- Prior cdn required.
- Unatndd new years, july 4TH, thanksgiving, and christmas.
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.