Bolton Field is a public

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, in Franklin County,

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, United States. It is a towered airport operated under the

Columbus Regional Airport Authority Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) oversees the operations of John Glenn Columbus International Airport, Rickenbacker International Airport, and Bolton Field Bolton Field is a public airport in Columbus, in Franklin County, Ohio, Uni ...

. It is one of 12 general aviation reliever airports in Ohio recognized in the

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(NPIAS) and is a reliever airport for

John Glenn Columbus International Airport John Glenn Columbus International Airport is an international airport located east of downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formerly known as Port Columbus International Airport, it is managed by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which also ove ...

. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the FAA and

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, but Bolton Field is TZR to the FAA and has no IATA code.Great Circle Mapper: KTZR - Columbus, Ohio (Bolton Field)
/ref> Bolton Field has been noted for being very annoying to local people .

History

Bolton Field opened on October 24, 1970, a day after Franklin County Common Pleas Court rejected a move by a nearby private airport (located on

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) to stop it. Major Harry Charles Davidson, a WWII veteran residing in Groveport, Ohio, was the first airport manager at Bolton Field. Major Harry Charles Davidson was appointed by Mayor of Columbus, Jack Sensenbrenner. The airport is named after long-time Port Columbus International Airport Superintendent Francis A. "Jack" Bolton, honored posthumously when the city dedicated the airfield to him at its opening. The airport was built to handle personal and business aviation, freeing Port Columbus for commercial traffic. In 1980, the operation of John Glenn International Airport (formerly Port Columbus International Airport) and Bolton Field Airport was transferred from the City of Columbus to the Columbus Airport Authority; in 2003, the Columbus Airport Authority and the Rickenbacker Port Authority merged to create the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which manages John Glenn Columbus International (CMH),

Rickenbacker International Airport Rickenbacker International Airport is a civil-military public airport south of downtown Columbus, near Lockbourne in southern Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The south end of the airport extends into Pickaway County. The base was nam ...

(LCK) and Bolton Field (TZR) airports.

Facilities and aircraft

Facilities

Bolton Field covers and has one

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(4/22), . Fuel is available; planes can use tiedowns or

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s for parking. Capital City Jet provides flight instruction, fixed-base operations, and air charter services.

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has an Aviation Maintenance Training Program on the field. Scioto Valley 99s and Central Ohio Balloon Club are aviation organizations located on the grounds.

Aircraft

In the year ending June 21, 2011, the airport had 74,511 aircraft operations, average 204 per day: 57% local

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, 43% transient general aviation <1%

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and <1% military. 82 aircraft are based at this airport: 90% single engine, 6% multi-engine, 2% jet and 1%

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Incidents and accidents

* On June 18, 1993, upon approach for landing on grass runway 22, a

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glider registered N101AZ, encountered a powered airplane, which had entered the landing pattern. The pilot extended his base leg to the approach to accommodate the aircraft. He then decided that it would be difficult to complete the landing on the planned runway, so he switched to a site he was unfamiliar with. During this landing, the glider impacted a ditch. The ultra-light aircraft suffered damage to its tail section.

References

External links

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Capital City Jet Center
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