Are you curious if your airport is affected?
[If you came across this page without understanding the context of this discussion, please review the discussion and the many links on the page entitled "I'd rather RAAS."]
The best way to check if your airport is affected is to look at the latest Instrument Approach Procedure Chart for your airport. I have reviewed all of Ohio's, and created the following list. The airports are listed alphabetical by city, along with the airport's approved altimeter settings.
I found that there are 312 Instrument Approach Procedures that support 110 Ohio airports. That is something for Ohio to be very proud.
However, it is disappointing that over half (58) are not backed up with a full-time, immediately & easily available altimeter setting. Should an AWOS or ASOS fail, all the approach procedures that are based on that altimeter setting which is no longer available, immediately become NOT AUTHORIZED. For instance, should the FDY ASOS fail, it affects instrument approach procedures into 9 Ohio airports (16G, 17G, 56D, 5G7, 7I7, FDY, FZI, I95, & OWX)! That's 19 instrument approach procedures affected by the failure of a single ASOS!
My rankings are determined by the availability of the altimeter setting [i.e. Is it backed up by another altimeter setting instrument like a DASI (a Digital Altimeter Setting Indicator, which is found at Air Traffic Control Towers)? Is it available full-time? Is it easily available to the pilot via the Air Traffic Controller that will issue the approach clearance?]
The goal of Columbus Flight Watch, Inc. is to get all Ohio airports at rankings of 1.
Rankings... 1 = Best (At least one altimeter setting redundant, full-time, easily available) = 52 2 = Marginal (No backup altimeter setting for periods when ATC Tower is closed) = 15 3 = Worst (No backup altimeter setting. Unattended, stand-alone, AWOS or ASOS) = 43
Altimeter Setting Legend
LCL = Local altimeter # = Redundant (i.e. DASI or other approved altimeter exists), full-time, & immediately available. ^ = Redundant altimeter setting available, but only part-time.
Note: Approved altimeter setting data based on United States
Government Flight Information Publication "U.S. Terminal
Procedures, East Central (EC) Vol 2 of 3, Effective 0901Z 3 Oct
2002 thru 0901Z 28 Nov 2002."
ID City/Airport Altimeter setting Rank #IAPs RASS? RASS Comments
AKR Akron Fulton Intl AKR ASOS 3 2 NO
CAK Akron-Canton Regional CAK#ASOS 1 5 NO
4G3 Alliance/Miller CAK#ASOS 1 1 NO
3G4 Ashland Co. LCL or MFD^ 2 2 YES Note (+60')
HZY Ashtabula Co. HZY ASOS 3 4 NO
UNI Athens/Albany Ohio Univ UNI AWOS 3 4 NO
6G5 Barnesville-Bradfield HLG^AOSS 2 2 NO
I69 Batavia/Clermont Co. LUK^ASOS 2 3 NO
2D7 Beach City CAK#ASOS 1 1 NO
7I7 Bellefontaine Muni LCL or FDY 3 2 YES Dual
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5G7 Bluffton FDY ASOS 3 1 NO
1G0 Bowling Green/Wood Co. TOL#ASOS 1 3 NO
0G6 Bryan/Williams Co. DFI ASOS 3 3 NO
17G Bucyrus/Crawford Co. MFD^or FDY 3 1 YES Dual
8G6 Cadiz/Harrison Co. HLG^ASOS 2 3 NO
I10 Caldwell/Noble Co. ZZV ASOS 3 2 NO
CDI Cambridge Muni CDI AWOS 3 2 NO
TSO Carrollton/Carroll Co.-Tolson CAK#ASOS 1 3 NO
CQA Celina/Lakefield DAY#ASOS 1 2 NO
RZT Chillicothe/Ross Co. LCL, LCK or CMH# 1 3 YES Dual & note
(+60'/+100')
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ISZ Cincinnati-Blue Ash ISZ AWOS-A 3 5 NO
LUK Cincinnati-Lunken LUK^ASOS 2 4 NO
CYO Circleville/Pickaway Co. LCK#AWOS 1 2 NO
BKL Cleveland Burke Lakefront BKL^ASOS 2 2 NO
CLE Cleveland Hopkins CLE#ASOS 1 13 NO
CGF Cleveland/Cuyahoga Co LCL or CLE# 1 3 YES Dual
TZR Columbus Bolton Field TZR AWOS 2 2 NO
6I6 Columbus/Darby Dan TZR AWOS 2 3 NO
OSU Columbus/Ohio State Univ OSU^ASOS 2 6 NO
CMH Columbus/Port Columbus Intl CMH#ASOS 1 12 NO
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LCK Columbus/Rickenbacker LCK#AWOS 1 5 NO
I40 Coshocton/Richard Downing LCL or ZZV 3 3 YES Dual
DAY Dayton Intl DAY#ASOS 1 12 NO
I19 Dayton/Green Co. I19 AWOS 3 2 NO
MGY Dayton/Wright Brothers MGY ASOS 3 2 NO
DFI Defiance Memorial DFI ASOS 3 2 NO
DLZ Delaware Muni LCL or CMH# 1 4 YES Dual
02G East Liverpool/Columbiana Co. PIT#ASOS 1 2 NO
1G1 Elyria CLE#ASOS 1 1 NO
FDY Findlay FDY ASOS 3 5 NO
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FZI Fostoria FDY ASOS 3 2 NO
14G Fremont TOL#ASOS 1 1 NO
S24 Fremont/Sandusky Co. Reg. TOL#ASOS 1 3 NO
GQQ Galion Muni MFD^or CMH# 1 2 YES Dual & note (+140')
GAS Gallipolis/Gallia-Meigs Reg. 1VA1* or HTS 3 2 YES & NO
Note: GAS has dual minima on "VOR or GPS-B" apch (+80'), but not on "GPS RWY 23" apch!
1VA1 is Point Pleasant (Mason Co.), WV.
GEO Georgetown/Brown Co. CVG#ASOS 1 2 NO
HAO Hamilton/Butler Co. Reg. HAO ASOS 3 4 NO
I67 Harrison/Cincinnati West CVG#ASOS 1 1 NO
HOC Hillsboro/Highland Co. LUK^ASOS 2 2 NO
I43 Jackson/James A. Rhodes PMH AWOS 3 3 NO
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1G3 Kent/Kent State Univ CAK#ASOS 1 3 NO
I95 Kenton/Hardin Co. FDY ASOS 3 2 NO
LHQ Lancaster/Fairfield Co. LHQ ASOS 3 4 NO
I68 Lebanon-Warren Co. LCL or MGY 3 3 YES Dual
AOH Lima/Allen Co. AOH ASOS 3 3 NO
UYF London/Madison Co. LCL or TZR 2 3 YES Dual
LPR Lorain Co. Reg. LPR ASOS 3 2 NO
MFD Mansfield MFD^ASOS 2 5 NO
MNN Marion Muni MNN ASOS 3 4 NO
MRT Marysville/Union Co. MRT AWOS 3 3 NO
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1G5 Medina Muni CLE#ASOS 1 1 NO
7G8 Middlefield/Geauga Co. YNG ASOS 1 1 NO
MWO Middletown/Hook Field Muni MWO AWOS 3 3 NO
10G Millersburg/Holmes Co.** LCL or CAK# 1 2 YES Note (+140')
Note: 10G has an AWOS, but it is not published on the Instrument Approach Chart.
4I9 Mount Gilead/Morrow Co. MFD^or CMH 1 1 YES Dual
4I3 Mount Vernon/Knox Co. 4I3 AWOS 3 3 NO
7W5 Napoleon/Henry Co. TOL#ASOS 1 1 NO
I86 New Lexington/Perry Co. ZZV ASOS 3 1 NO
PHD New Philadelphia/Harry Clev PHD ASOS 3 3 NO
VTA Newark-Heath VTA ASOS 3 5 NO
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5A1 Norwalk/Huron Co. CLE#ASOS 1 2 NO
OWX Ottawa/Putnam Co. FDY ASOS 3 2 NO
OXD Oxford/Miami Univ LCL or CVG# 1 1 YES Note (+100')
2G1 Painesville/Concord Airpark CLE#ASOS 1 1 NO
3I7 Phillipsburg DAY#ASOS 1 1 NO
I17 Piqua DAY#ASOS 1 3 NO
PCW Port Clinton/Keller Field PCW AWOS 3 3 NO
PMH Portsmouth/Grtr PMH Reg PMH AWOS 3 3 NO
29G Ravenna/Portage Co. CAK#ASOS 1 2 NO
38D Salem Airpark Inc LCL or YNG# 1 1 YES Dual
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SKY Sandusky Griffing LCL or CLE# 1 2 YES Dual
3G6 Sebring/Tri-City CAK#ASOS 1 1 NO
12G Shelby Community MFD^ASOS 2 1 NO
I12 Sidney LCL or DAY# 1 2 YES Dual
SGH Springfield-Beckley Muni SGH or FFO# 1 4 YES Dual
2P7 St Clairsville/Alderman HLG^or PIT# 1 1 YES Note (+120')
2G2 Steubenville/Jefferson Co. HLG^ASOS 2 2 NO see NA note on TP!?
16G Tiffin/Seneca Co. LCL or FDY 3 3 YES Dual
TOL Toldeo Express TOL#ASOS 1 9 NO
TDZ Toledo/Metcalf Field TDZ ASOS 3 2 NO
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56D Upper Sandusky/Wyandot Co. FDY ASOS 3 1 NO
I74 Urbana/Grimes Field I74 ASOS 3 1 NO
VNW Van Wert Co. FWA#ASOS 1 3 NO
VES Versailles/Darke Co. DAY#ASOS 1 1 NO
3G3 Wadsworth Muni CAK#ASOS 1 2 NO
AXV Wapakoneta/Neil Armstrong AXV AWOS 3 4 NO
I23 Washington CH/Fayette Co. I23 AWOS-A 3 2 NO
USE Wauseon/Fulton Co. TOL#ASOS 1 1 NO
EOP Waverly/Pike Co. PMH AWOS 3 3 NO
AMT West Union/Alexander Salamon LUK^ASOS 2 1 NO
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8G1 Willard MFD^or CLE# 1 1 YES Dual
LNN Willoughby/Lost Nation Muni CLE#ASOS 1 5 NO
ILN Wilmington/Airborne Airpark LCL or DAY# 1 10 YES Dual
I66 Wilmington/Clinton Field ILN or DAY# 1 2 YES Dual
4G5 Woodsfield/Monroe Co. PKB^ASOS 2 1 NO
BJJ Wooster/Wayne Co. BJJ ASOS 3 4 NO
4G4 Youngstown/Elser Metro LCL or YNG# 1 3 YES Dual
04G Youngstown/Lansdowne YNG#ASOS 1 1 NO
YNG Youngstown-Warren Reg. YNG#ASOS 1 4 NO
ZZV Zanesville Muni ZZV ASOS 3 2 NO
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