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GRIMES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 

Grimes Municipal Airport - Urbana, Ohio

Grimes 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 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 Manager

Elton Cultice
1636 N Main St
Urbana OH 43078
Office:   937-652-4319
Mobile: 937-346-5690
elton.cultice@ci.urbana.oh.us

Hours of Operation

​Airport Office
Tue. - Sat:  8:00AM to 4:30PM
Sun. & Mon:  No scheduled hours

Airport Fuel

Airport Fuel
Self-serve 24/7
Av Gas---$4.75
Jet A----$3.75

Airport Information
(Weather, current fuel prices, etc.)
937-652-4319

Airport Cafe

MINDY’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

Aaron Coleman, Owner
Cell phone: 937-408-5796
Hangar phone: 937-653-3307

Champaign Aviation Museum

Tue. - Sat: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Closed Sunday,  Monday & Holidays.
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City of Urbana
205 S Main St
Urbana, OH 43078
937-652-4300
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