Bolton Field
TZR · KTZR · Columbus, Ohio · Franklin County · map
Bolton Field is a public-use airport, 7 miles wsw of Columbus, Ohio, 904 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KTZR · observed 4:51 pm EDT (20:51 UTC), 31 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 4 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 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 KTZR 062051Z 14004G14KT 10SM CLR 20/04 A3008
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 TZR · ICAO KTZR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 904 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:30 am to 7:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 7:30 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
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.1 | Bolton |
| Ground | 121.8 | Bolton |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Class C (secondary) arriving from headings 100 to 279 | 132.3 | Bolton |
| Approach and departure | 134.0 | Bolton |
| Cbuss and star · Dubln and star | 125.95 | Bolton |
| Tzr and aWOS-3PT | 135.925 | · Frequency unavailable 7:30 am to 7:30 pm contact gnd control 121.8 for weather. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 614-878-1722.
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 · 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
- High tension power lines/towers NE-SE.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04; runway end identifier lights runway 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL available H24 self service via credit card.
- Calm wind runway.
- Bln and banner act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Birds and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- For fuel and aircraft services contact the FBO (fixed-base operator) on 123.3.
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.