Sandusky County Regional Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located five nautical mile

Nautical mile

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s (9 km) southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Fremont

Fremont, Ohio

Fremont Public Schools enroll 4,450 students in public primary and secondary schools. The district administers 9 public schools including seven elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, Fremont Ross. In addition, the city is home to one private catholic high school, Saint Joseph...

, a city in Sandusky County

Sandusky County, Ohio

Sandusky County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,944. Its county seat is Fremont and it is named for a native word meaning "water" ....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Sandusky County Regional Airport has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 6/24 with a 5,500 by 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) asphalt

Asphalt

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 pavement. For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2008, the airport had 5,390 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 79% general aviation

General aviation

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, 20% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and <1% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 16 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 25% multi-engine and 6% helicopter

Helicopter

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