Morrow County Airport
Morrow County Airport is a public airport located two miles southwest of Mount Gilead, Ohio, United States. It is owned and operated by the Morrow County Airport Authority.
Facilities and aircraft
Morrow County Airport covers an area of which contains one runway designated 10/28 with a asphalt pavement.There is no fixed-base operator at the airport. However, plans to upgrade the airport's hangar and passenger terminal were announced in 2019.
For the 12-month period ending June 7, 2022, the airport had 3,120 aircraft operations, an average of 60 per week: 99% general aviation and <1% military. For the same time period, 21 aircraft were based at the airport: 20 single-engine airplanes and 1 helicopter.
Accidents and incidents
- On December 30, 2004, a Cessna 172N was damaged after departure from the Morrow County Airport. The weather at the airport was initially conducive for operating under visual flight rules, but witnesses say it deteriorated "rapidly" as the pilot taxied to the runway. Once airborne, the airplane entered an overcast cloud layer at approximately 300 feet and was heard circling back towards the airport. The airplane then descended out of the clouds at a high rate of speed in a nose low attitude and impacted the ground. The pilot was a non-instrument-rated private pilot. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane following an inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions.