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Bolton Field
39°54′04″N 083°08′13″W / 39.90111°N 83.13694°W
Bolton Field (ICAO: KTZR, FAA LID: TZR) is a public airport in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States. It is a towered airport operated under the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. It is one of 12 general aviation reliever airports in Ohio recognized in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and is a reliever airport for John Glenn Columbus International Airport.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Bolton Field is TZR to the FAA and has no IATA code.
While many new airports were built in Ohio under a state program in the late 1960s, Bolton field was the only one constructed with federal funds. It opened on October 24, 1970, a day after the Franklin County Common Pleas Court rejected a move by a nearby private airport (located on Darby Dan Farm) to stop it. Major Harry Charles Davidson, a WWII veteran residing in Groveport, Ohio, was the first airport manager at Bolton Field, appointed by the Mayor of Columbus, Jack Sensenbrenner.[failed verification] The airport is named after long-time Port Columbus International Airport Superintendent Francis A. "Jack" Bolton, honored posthumously when the city dedicated the airfield to him at its opening. The airport was built to handle personal and business aviation, freeing Port Columbus for commercial traffic.
In 1980, the operation of John Glenn International Airport (formerly Port Columbus International Airport) and Bolton Field Airport was transferred from the City of Columbus to the Columbus Airport Authority; in 2003, the Columbus Airport Authority and the Rickenbacker Port Authority merged to create the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which manages John Glenn Columbus International (CMH), Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) and Bolton Field (TZR) airports.
The airport is home to regular events hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles Program.
Bolton Field covers 1,500 acres (607 ha) and has one asphalt runway (4/22), which measures 5,500 ft × 100 ft (1,676 m × 30 m). Fuel is available; planes can use tiedowns or hangars for parking.
Capital City Jet provides flight instruction, fixed-base operations, and air charter services. FBO amenities include a conference room, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, a courtesy car, and more.
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Bolton Field
39°54′04″N 083°08′13″W / 39.90111°N 83.13694°W
Bolton Field (ICAO: KTZR, FAA LID: TZR) is a public airport in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States. It is a towered airport operated under the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. It is one of 12 general aviation reliever airports in Ohio recognized in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and is a reliever airport for John Glenn Columbus International Airport.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Bolton Field is TZR to the FAA and has no IATA code.
While many new airports were built in Ohio under a state program in the late 1960s, Bolton field was the only one constructed with federal funds. It opened on October 24, 1970, a day after the Franklin County Common Pleas Court rejected a move by a nearby private airport (located on Darby Dan Farm) to stop it. Major Harry Charles Davidson, a WWII veteran residing in Groveport, Ohio, was the first airport manager at Bolton Field, appointed by the Mayor of Columbus, Jack Sensenbrenner.[failed verification] The airport is named after long-time Port Columbus International Airport Superintendent Francis A. "Jack" Bolton, honored posthumously when the city dedicated the airfield to him at its opening. The airport was built to handle personal and business aviation, freeing Port Columbus for commercial traffic.
In 1980, the operation of John Glenn International Airport (formerly Port Columbus International Airport) and Bolton Field Airport was transferred from the City of Columbus to the Columbus Airport Authority; in 2003, the Columbus Airport Authority and the Rickenbacker Port Authority merged to create the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which manages John Glenn Columbus International (CMH), Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) and Bolton Field (TZR) airports.
The airport is home to regular events hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles Program.
Bolton Field covers 1,500 acres (607 ha) and has one asphalt runway (4/22), which measures 5,500 ft × 100 ft (1,676 m × 30 m). Fuel is available; planes can use tiedowns or hangars for parking.
Capital City Jet provides flight instruction, fixed-base operations, and air charter services. FBO amenities include a conference room, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, a courtesy car, and more.
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