Middletown Regional Airport,[2] also known as Hook Field,[3][4] (IATA: MWO, ICAO: KMWO, FAA LID: MWO) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Middletown, a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States.[1] The airport was renamed in October 2008;[4] it was previously known as Hook Field Municipal Airport.

Middletown Regional Airport Hook Field
Aerial view of airport from the east
IATA: MWO ICAO: KMWO FAA LID: MWO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Middletown
Serves	Middletown, Ohio
Elevation AMSL	650 ft / 198 m
Coordinates	39°31′54″N 084°23′47″W
Website	www.HookField.com
Map
MWO Location of airport in Ohio/United States Show map of Ohio MWO MWO (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 6,100 1,859 Asphalt 8/26 3,040 927 Turf
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 40,050 Based aircraft 84
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

In late August 2008 the airport gained some national prominence when the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin flew into Hook to later attend a Dayton campaign rally where she was announced as Senator John McCain's running mate.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Middletown Regional Airport covers an area of 550 acres (220 ha) at an elevation of 650 feet (198 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 6,100 by 100 feet (1,859 x 30 m) with an asphalt pavement; 8/26 is 3,040 by 297 feet (927 x 91 m) with a turf surface.[1] It has the longest runway of any non-towered airport in southwest Ohio.^{[citation needed]}

For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2007, the airport had 40,050 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 91% general aviation, 9% air taxi, and <% military. At that time there were 84 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine, 1% multi-engine, 2% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]

References

External links

• B&B Aero Services, the airport's fixed-base operator (FBO)
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MWO, effective August 11, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MWO
  • AirNav airport information for KMWO
  • ASN accident history for MWO
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures