Toledo Express Airport

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Toledo Express
Airport diagram
Characteristics
ICAO code KTOL
IATA code TOL
Coordinates

41 ° 35 '13 "  N , 83 ° 48' 28"  W Coordinates: 41 ° 35 '13 "  N , 83 ° 48' 28"  W.
Height above MSL 208 m (682  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 10 miles west of Toledo , Ohio
Basic data
operator Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
surface 949 ha
Passengers 179,911 (2015)
Flight
movements 		038,439 (2015)
Runways
07/25 3231 m × 46 m asphalt
16/34 1707 m × 46 m asphalt



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The Toledo Express Airport ( IATA code : TOL ; ICAO code : Ktol ) is a civilian-military airport in Lucas County in Ohio .

Toledo Air Show

The Toledo Air Show took place at the airport every two years until 2004 . In July 2016 it was held for the first time after a twelve-year break.

Incidents

  • On 29 October 1960, fell Curtiss C-46F-1-CU of the Arctic Pacific Airlines ( aircraft marks N1244N ) from the start from the Toledo Express Airport, where 22 of the 48 people on board died. The cause is given as a combination of bad weather, overloading and a loss of thrust in the left engine.
  • On February 15, 1992, all four people on board a Douglas DC-8-63F of Air Transport International (N794AL) died when the crew lost their spatial orientation during a go- around at Toledo Express Airport and the machine crashed 5 kilometers northwest of the airport.
  • On September 11, 2019, a Convair CV-440 (N24DR) registered for a private operator had an accident while approaching Toledo Express Airport. The cargo plane crashed 1 kilometer from the runway on its approach. The two people on board were killed.

Web links

Commons : Toledo Express Airport  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Airport. Lucas County, OH, accessed August 30, 2016 .
  2. ↑ David Patch: Traffic up at Toledo Express Airport in '15. The Blade , January 20, 2016, accessed August 30, 2016 .
  3. ↑ AirportIQ 5010 Toledo Express Based Aircraft & Operations. GCR Inc., July 21, 2016, accessed August 31, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Jon Victor: 'Spectacular' air show has huge crowd. The Blade, July 17, 2016, accessed August 30, 2016 .
  5. ↑ accident report C-46 N1244N , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 20 of 2019.
  6. ↑ Accident report DC-8-63 N794AL , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 20, 2019.
  7. ↑ Accident report CV-440 N24DR , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 11, 2019.