Neil Armstrong Airport
Auglaize County Neil Armstrong Airport is a public use airport located in New Knoxville, Ohio, eight nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Wapakoneta, Ohio. It is owned by the Auglaize County Airport Authority. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.
Nearby Wapakoneta is the birthplace of Neil Armstrong, aviator, astronaut and first person to walk on the Moon. The airport is as such home to a museum dedicated to Armstrong and space flight. The airport also engages in education programs for young locals.
History
A project to improve the drainage at the airport was approved in January 2018.A new terminal building was built at the airport in 2020.
In 2024, the airport was host to nearly 90 aircraft who arrived to view a total solar eclipse.
A jet engine from a Learjet 28 tested by Neil Armstrong was loaned to the airport in August 2025.
Facilities and aircraft
Auglaize County Neil Armstrong Airport covers an area of 140 acres at an elevation of 912 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway, Runway 08/26, which is 5,500 by 100 feet with an asphalt surface.The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells both avgas and jet fuel. The facility offers services such as general maintenance, catering, and courtesy transportation; it also has amenities such as internet, conference rooms, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, showers, and more.
For the 12-month period ending September 14, 2021, the airport had 12,306 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 85% general aviation, 15% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 28 single-engine airplanes, 5 jets, and 1 multi-engine airplane.
Accidents and incidents
- On March 8, 2014, a Cessna 310 experienced a fire in the nose compartment while taxiing at the Neil Armstrong Airport. The preceding flight was uneventful. After shutting down and exiting the airplane, the pilot said he could hear fire in the nose and noticed discolored paint on the nose compartment; he subsequently removed the nose access panel and extinguished the fire with a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher. The probable cause of the incident was found to be a fire due to a fuel leak of the cabin heater system; contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintenance of the airplane, which failed to identify leaks in the heater system.