Zanesville Municipal Airport (IATA: ZZV[2], ICAO: KZZV, FAA LID: ZZV) is a city-owned airport six miles east of downtown Zanesville, in Muskingum County, Ohio.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[3]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Zanesville | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Zanesville, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 900 ft / 274 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°56′40″N 081°53′32″W | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
The first airline flights were TWA DC-3s in 1947. Lake Central replaced TWA in 1953; successor Allegheny left Zanesville January 9, 1970. The largest aircraft used on scheduled service was Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 prop jets before stopping service in 1970. Allegheny had 4 flights a day using the CV580, 2 nonstops to Columbus (CMH) with continuing service to Dayton (DAY), then Detroit (DTW). The two eastbound flights went to Wheeling WV (HLG), then Pittsburgh (PIT). [4]
Zanesville Municipal Airport covers 534 acres (216 ha) at an elevation of 900 feet (274 m). It has two asphalt/concrete runways: 04/22 is 5,000 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) and 16/34 is 4,999 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m).[1]
In the year ending May 24, 2011 the airport had 33,312 aircraft operations, average 91 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and 1% military. 18 aircraft were then based at the airport: 56% single-engine, 33% multi-engine, and 11.1% jet.[1] q