Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 905 ft / 276 m Elevation 276 m | Serves Columbus, Ohio 4/22 5,500 Phone +1 614-851-9900 | |
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Operator Columbus Regional Airport Authority Website columbusairports.com/bolton/ Address 2000 Norton Rd, Columbus, OH 43228, USA | ||
Memphis belle takes off from bolton field
Bolton Field (ICAO: KTZR, FAA LID: TZR) is a public airport eight miles (13 km) southwest of Columbus, in Franklin County, Ohio. It is a towered airport operated under the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. It is one of 12 general aviation reliever airports in Ohio recognized in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and is a reliever airport for John Glenn Columbus International Airport.
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- Memphis belle takes off from bolton field
- Landing at bolton field ktzr
- History
- Facilities
- Aircraft
- Incidents and accidents
- References
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Bolton Field is TZR to the FAA and has no IATA code.
Landing at bolton field ktzr
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 Darby Dan Farm) to stop it. 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 (LCK) and Bolton Field (TZR) airports.
Facilities
Bolton Field covers 1,500 acres (607 ha) and has one asphalt runway (4/22) 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m). Fuel is available; planes can use tiedowns or hangars for parking.
Capital City Jet provides flight instruction, Fixed Based Operations, as well as air charter services. Columbus State Community College has an Aviation Maintenance Training Program. 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 general aviation, 43% transient general aviation <1% air taxi and <1% military. 82 aircraft are based at this airport: 90% single engine, 6% multi-engine, 2% jet aircraft and 1% helicopters.