Van Wert County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Owner/Operator | Van Wert County, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Serves | Van Wert, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Location | Van Wert County, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Built | 1930 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 787 ft / 240 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′53″N 084°36′35″W / 40.86472°N 84.60972°W | ||||||||||
| Website | https://vwairport.com/ | ||||||||||
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The Van Wert County Airport (ICAO: KVNW, FAA LID: VNW) is a publicly owned, public use airport located 2 miles southwest of Van Wert in Van Wert County, Ohio. The airport is primarily a general aviation facility and serves small, privately owned aircraft.[1]
The airport partners with Purdue University to be a satellite training facility for aviation, allowing students to earn credits towards a degree.[2][3]
The airport hosts a regular fly in/cruise in with planes, cars, and motorcycles on display.[4]
The airport has two runways. Runway 9/27 measures 4,000 x 75 ft (1219 x 23 m) and is paved with asphalt; runway 18/36 measures 2558 x 95 ft (780 x 29 m) and is made of turf.[1]
The airport has a county-operated fixed-base operator. It sells fuel, both Avgas and Jet A; offers services such as general maintenance, catering, hangars, courtesy transportation, and rental cars; and provides amenities such as conference rooms, pilot supplies, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, and showers.[5]
The FBO's terminal building was upgraded in 2021, and its grand opening featured tours; airplane rides and tours; and more.[3][6] The project cost $1.6 million and was built with private funds. New facilities included classrooms, a new lounge, and space to stay overnight.[2]
In 2023, an airport expansion went up for debate, including a potential runway expansion in order to handle bigger jets. The airport is pursuing both public and private funding options to support the growth.[7]
Later in 2023, the airport received nearly $90,000 from the FAA to upgrade its lighting system. Relevant projects included reconstructing the runway lighting system, constructing a lighting vault to meet FAA standards, and installing replacement runway end identifier lights to make the airport more accessible by improving approaches to the runway.[8]
For the 12-month period ending September 24, 2020, the airport had 27,375 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per day; it was entirely general aviation. For the same time period, 22 aircraft were based at the airport: 20 single-engine airplanes, 1 multi-engine airplane, and 1 jet.[1]