Erie–Ottawa International Airport

Erie–Ottawa International Airport, (Carl R. Keller Field) is three miles east of Port Clinton, in Ottawa County, Ohio. It is owned by the Erie–Ottawa Airport Authority. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. On November 9, 2013, Erie–Ottawa Airport obtained approval to handle international flights.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport has no IATA code.

The airport has a US customs office, allowing it to accept inbound international flights.

The airport is the base for a number of local businesses that operate in the surrounding areas.

Facilities
The airport covers 407 acres (165 ha) at an elevation of 590 feet (180 m). It has two asphalt runways: runway 9/27 measures 5,646 by 100 feet (1,721 x 30 m), and runway 18/36 m3asures 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).

The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells fuel. It offers services such as general maintenance, catering, hangars, courtesy transportation, and rental cars; it also has amenities such as conference rooms, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, and more.

In 2017, the airport received over $300,000 to update its master plan and layout. In 2019, the airport received $4.5 million to build additional taxiways to allow for more hangar space at the airport. A lighting upgrade was also completed.

In 2021, the airport received $1.1 million to rehabilitate a taxi lane and improve structural integrity at parking aprons.

As of 2024, the airport is raising $10.3 million to upgrade its aircraft parking area. In 2023, Senator Sherrod Brown announced that a $294,000 grant was secured to begin construction of a new airplane parking ramp or new hangar, funded by the FAA Airport Terminal Program included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was signed into law by President Joe Biden.

The airport is home to the Liberty Aviation Museum. There is also a diner at the airport.

Aircraft
In the year ending October 21, 2020, the airport had 54,150 aircraft operations, average 148 per day: 74% general aviation, 26% air taxi, and <1% military. 98 aircraft were then based at the airport: 80 single-engine and 11 multi-engine airplanes as well as 7 jet airplanes.

Accidents and incidents

 * On October 7, 1990, a Beech V35 crashed while flying an instrument approach procedure to the Erie–Ottawa International Airport. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot's failure to follow the proper instrument procedure and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude during an approach at night in instrument meteorological conditions.
 * On December 29, 2014, a small plane crashed after takeoff from the Erie–Ottawa International Airport.
 * On September 14, 2021, a Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six landed with its landing gear up at the Erie–Ottawa International Airport.