Lakefield Airport
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Lakefield Airport | |||||||||||
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| Owner | Lakefield Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operator | Miller Aviation | ||||||||||
| Serves | Celina, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Location | Mercer County, Ohio, United States | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 894 ft / 273 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°29′03″N 084°33′32″W / 40.48417°N 84.55889°W | ||||||||||
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  CQA  CQA | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2023) | |||||||||||
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Lakefield Airport (ICAO: KCQA, FAA LID: CQA) is a publicly owned, public use airport located four miles south of Celina, Ohio, United States. The airport sits on 122 acres at an elevation of 894 feet.[1][2]
Two World War II veterans, Richard Iehle and Robert Helfrich, purchased the 47-acre (19 ha) field in December 1947 with plans to operate it as a flight school.[3] Following the airport's purchase earlier that month, a livestock exchange was established there in May 1953.[4]
A fundraising drive in 1961 enabled the purchase of the airport for the county.[5] New lights and radios were purchased for the airport in March 1963.[6] A contract for construction of four hangars was awarded four months later.[7] Construction of a 3,200-foot (980 m) grass runway began in September 1964.[8] A contract to pave the 3,800-foot (1,200 m) runway was awarded in June 1966.[9] The airport was dedicated on 17 August 1966.[10] An 896-square-foot (83.2 m2) addition to the shop hangar was authorized in 1969.[11]
Construction of a parallel grass runway was approved in July 1979.[12] The airport was closed for three months in 1982–1983.[13]
The removal of trees in a nearby cemetery that would be obstructions to a planned expansion caused complaints from residents in 1990.[14]
The airport announced a two-phase plan to extend the runway to 4,900 feet (1,500 m) in December 1998.[15]
The Lakefield Airport Authority received a $135,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2022 to purchase extra land for development.[16] The airport received an additional $95,000 grant in 2023 to conduct an airport drainage study.[17]
Facilities and aircraft
The airport has one runway. It is designated as runway 8/26 and measures 4400 x 75 ft (1341 x 23 m) and is paved with asphalt.[1][2]
Based on the 12-month period ending August 24, 2023, the airport has 12,045 airport operations per year, an average of 33 per day. It was 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. For the same time period, 20 aircraft were based at the airport, all single-engine airplanes.[1][2]
The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells both avgas and Jet A fuel.[18]