On Thursday, September 19, the Ohio Aviation Association (OAA), the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and the Ohio Regional Business Aviation Association (ORBAA) jointly sponsored another regional airport event at the Dayton International Airport (DAY).  Thank you to Dayton International Airport for hosting this event as well as the Dayton Development Coalition (DDC) and Passero for sponsoring the event. 

We also want to thank the state and local elected officials who joined us for the legislative briefing.  

The airports in this region outlined several priority projects in their 5 to 10 year plans.  All projects relate to maintaining or expanding the airport under two central themes for each area - economic and workforce development.  These projects include: T-hanger expansion, terminal modernization or building replacement, AMT classroom hanger, expanding runway to 5,000 feet for corporate aircraft, additional apron space for itinerant aircraft, full-length parallel taxiway for increased safety, baggage claim enhancements, capacity building at security checkpoints, curbside enhancements, drainage study and management, control tower maintenance and updates, pavement maintenance, obstruction removal, as well as electric capacity expansion and EV charging.

Similar events are planned around the state in each of the JobsOhio network partner regions.

• October 10 - James A. Rhodes/Jackson County Airport - Southern part of Ohio Southeast
• October 24 - The Aviator - Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) - Team NEO

We are working on confirming dates for the following regions:

• Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) - Lake to River
• Zanesville Municipal Airport (ZZV) - Northern part of Ohio Southeast
• Location TBD - One Columbus