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Ada Airport is a privately owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of the central business district of
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, a village in Hardin County,
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Facilities and aircraft

Ada Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 949 feet (289 m) above
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. It has one
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designated 09/27 with a
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surface measuring 1,955 by 110 feet (596 x 34 m). The airport is unattended. The airport does not have a
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. For the 12-month period ending July 8, 2008, the airport had 555 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per month: 99%
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and 1%
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. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-
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airplanes and 18%
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. Remarks: * Deer on and in the vicinity of airport. * Marked pline from runway 27 threshold. * Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport. * Built before 1959.


Accidents and incidents

* On December 6, 1985, a Cessna 320 ran out of fuel and crashed while being vectored to the Ada airport for a fuel stop.


See also

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List of airports in Ohio This is a list of airports in Ohio (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that we ...


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