Civil Municipal Magazine Aug 2023

155 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 8 MIDDLETOWN, OHIO Flying into new commercial heights Ohio has designated the bustling Middletown Regional Airport and the 2.6 miles surrounding it as an area ripe for business and economic development. It is one of 320 zones recognized as such throughout the state. Formerly known as Hook Field, Middletown Regional Airport is a general aviation facility that serves both corporate and private aircraft, and is conveniently situated only two miles north of the city’s central business district and close to I-75. The 550-acre airport has extensive aviation infrastructure, developable land, two runways (one of which is the longest non-towered runway in southwest Ohio, which at 6,100 feet is capable of accommodating a 727), an improved LED runway and taxi lights, and recent pavement upgrades. The capacity of the airport also included 13 city- owned buildings consisting of 66 T-Hangar units, two 50’x50’ aircraft hangar units, 39,000 sq. ft. of corporate/community hangar space, and a 24,000 sq. ft. maintenance hangar, and an 8,000-sq.-ft.