Fulton County Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Fulton County Commissioners | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Wauseon, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 781 ft / 238 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°36′36″N 084°07′38″W / 41.61000°N 84.12722°W | ||||||||||||||
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  USE Location of airport in Ohio  USE USE (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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Fulton County Airport (ICAO: KUSE, FAA LID: USE) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) north of the central business district of Wauseon, a city in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. It is owned by the Fulton County Commissioners.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned USE by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]
Facilities and aircraft[edit]
Fulton County Airport covers an area of 42 acres (17 ha) at an elevation of 781 feet (238 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is 3,882 by 75 feet (1,183 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface and 18/36 is 2,115 by 75 feet (645 x 23 m) with an asphalt and turf surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2022, the airport had 22,510 aircraft operations, an average of 62 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military.
At that time there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 17 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 glider.[1]
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center's Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin LifeFlight helicopter is hangared at the airport for medical evacuations.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for USE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 30, 2023.
- ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Fulton County Airport, Wauseon, Ohio (FAA: USE, ICAO: KUSE, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ LifeFlight 2 Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine lifeflight.cc Retrieved 29 March 2016
External links[edit]
- Stewart Aviation Services, the fixed-base operator
- Aerial image as of April 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for USE, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for USE
- AirNav airport information for KUSE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KUSE