Grimes Municipal Airport - Urbana, OhioGrimes Municipal Airport is owned by the City of Urbana but is self-supporting.
Services offered include fuel sales, hangars, a full-service restaurant and several annual events. |
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Grimes Municipal Airport
Grimes Municipal Airport Events For 2022:
Economic Impact
- Grimes Municipal Airport is a general aviation airport located one mile north of Urbana, Ohio on Route 68. Facilities include a 4,400’ runway with full parallel taxiway. Operations are supported by a GPS approach with vertical guidance and AWOS III weather reporting. Grimes Municipal Airport is owned by the City of Urbana, but the Airport is 100% self-supporting, receiving no money from the City’s General Operating Fund. Grimes Municipal Airport is managed by 1 full-time and 2 part-time associates.
- Grimes Municipal Airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems and a member of the National Aviation Heritage Area.
- Grimes Municipal Airport is home to several on-airport businesses including:
- Miami Valley Hospital’s Careflight
- Mad River Air Flight Instruction, Charter and Maintenance
- W & W Aviation Maintenance
- The Champaign Aviation Museum
- The Grimes Flying Lab Museum
- The Mid America Flight Museum of Texas “Restoration Wing”
- The Airport Café
- Services include a General Aviation Terminal building, Fuel Sales, Hangar Rental, Flight Instruction, Charter Operations, and Aircraft Maintenance.
- Currently there are 64 aircraft based at Grimes Municipal Airport.
- The Champaign Aviation Museum continues to ‘re-build’ a B-17 bomber to flying condition. Approximately 75% of the parts are being built brand new from scratch, so they are actually building a new B-17.
- The Grimes Flying Lab Museum & Foundation preserves and maintains the legacy of Warren Grimes, who is widely considered the ‘Father of the Modern Aviation Lighting Industry’.
- The Mid America Flight Museum of Texas Restoration Facility currently is working on 2 projects, a 1929 Travel Air 6000 and a Stinson Model A Tri-Motor (The only existing one in the world).
- Grimes Municipal Airport is the only airport in the United States with 3 museums on site and is a member of the National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA)
Grimes Municipal Airport Events For 2022:
- April 30: Champaign Aviation Museum Gala
- July 23: Grimes Flying Lab Fish Fry & Twin Tail Beech Fly-In
- POSTPONED TO 2023 - August 12, 13, 14: Grimes Field host Vietnam Wall & Military Appreciation Fly-In
- The Traveling Vietnam Wall will be here Sept. 21 thru Sept. 25, 2023, Vietnam Military Appreciation Fly-In will be that Saturday, Sept 23, 2023.
- August 20: MERFI (Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In
- September 9, 10: Champaign County Hot air Balloon Festival
- October 8: Champaign Aviation Museum Remembrance Day
- December 17: Grimes Flying Lab Christmas party (w/Santa Fly-In)
Economic Impact
- Grimes Municipal Airport, along with its related events has an Economic Impact equivalent to 56 full time jobs with an annual payroll of $1,038,600, equaling $3,407,500 in output. (data from 2013 ODOT aviation study – study will be updated in 2020/2021).
Airport ManagerElton Cultice
1636 N Main St Urbana OH 43078 Office: 937-652-4319 Mobile: 937-346-5690 elton.cultice@ci.urbana.oh.us |
Hours of OperationAirport Office
Tue. - Sat: 8:00AM to 4:30PM Sun. & Mon: No scheduled hours |
Airport FuelAirport Fuel
Self-serve 24/7 Av Gas---$4.75 Jet A----$3.75 Airport Information (Weather, current fuel prices, etc.) 937-652-4319 |
Airport CafeMINDY’S AIRPORT CAFÉ
OWNER: MINDY ORAHOOD Phone: 937-652-2010 Tue. - Sat: 7:00 AM to 8:30 PM Sun: 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM Closed Monday |
Flight School |
Champaign Aviation Museum |
