Licking County Regional
VTA · KVTA · Newark, Ohio · Licking County · map
Licking County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Licking CO Rgnl Arpt Auth, 3 miles southwest of Newark, Ohio, 884 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,649 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 70 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 9,210 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KVTA · observed 5:54 pm EDT (21:54 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KVTA 062154Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 18/04 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01830044
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 VTA · ICAO KVTA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Licking CO Rgnl Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 884 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,016 feet above the airport
- 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-1, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,649 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 457 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, berm 4 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.175 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.95 | |
| Vta and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.125 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 740-522-1066.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,210, 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 Newark from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Newark, Ohio: 33 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop. 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 · 9 since 1982, 2 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 or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - 123.3. PAPI runway 09 and 27 operates continuously; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 operates continuously low intst.
- Landing fee for aircraft 10000 LB or gtr - waived with mnm fuel purchase.
- 100LL available H24 via credit card.
- +15 feet road, 0-200 feet dist, 168-218 feet R; +11 feet fence, 0-200 feet dist, 129-198 feet R.
- +5 feet berm, 0-200 feet dist, 155 feet L/R.
- Calm wind runway.
- Approach ratio 0:1 ovr road, 200 feet dist, 168 feet R; approach ratio 17:1 to dthr ovr +15 feet road, 258 feet dist, 288 feet R.
- Approach ratio 0:1 ovr +4 feet berm, 200 feet dist, 155 feet L.
- Occasional deer, birds, and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.