Transportation - Air

Toledo Express Airport

Toledo Express Airport is the site of the 15th busiest cargo airport in the nation (29th in the World) and second only to Chicago O'Hare in the Great Lakes Region. It is also the international air cargo hub for BAX Global, Utilizing a sprawling 279,000-square-foot facility, BAX Global Corporation works around the clock, providing time-sensitive air freight delivery service for the region’s top businesses.
Toledo Express also provides daily passenger flights to major passenger hubs in the Midwest including Orlando, Chicago Midway, Chicago O’Hare, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, Las Vegas, and Cleveland. Detroit Metro Airport is located less than an hour north of Toledo and offers daily direct flights to national and international destinations. The airports in Cleveland and Columbus are both less than 2-1/2 hours away, depending on your location in the region. Other smaller airports in the region offer general aviation services.

Toledo Metcalf Airport

Toledo Metcalf Airport, operated by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, provides general aviation services through its fixed-based operator, Crow, Inc. Metcalf lies south of Toledo near I-280, about seven miles from downtown Toledo. Airside facilities include runways and taxiways, navigation aids, and airport lighting. Toledo Metcalf Airport is equipped with two runways one- 100 x 4,225 feet and other – 150 x 3,665 feet.
Landside facilities include the airport terminal/administration building, hangar facilities, aircraft parking aprons, fuel storage, and automobile parking. Approximately 4,600 square feet is set aside for administrative and general aviation terminal facilities, which include pilot’s lounge, pilot services, avionics shop, aircraft storage, fuel service, major and minor general aviation aircraft maintenance chartering, flight instruction, aircraft rental and sales, cargo handling and air ambulance.

Detroit Metro Airport

Northwest Ohio residents may opt for a 50-minute drive to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, one of the busiest airports in the nation, for international and additional domestic air service.

Airlines servicing Detroit Metro (as of August 2003) include: American Airlines, American Trans Air, America West, British Airways, Air Canada, Champion Air, Comair, Continental, Delta, KLM, Lufthansa, Mesaba, Northwest Airlines, Pinnacle, Royal Jordanian, Southwest Airlines, Spirit, United Airlines and US Airways plus numerous seasonal charters.

Detroit Metro Airport served over 32.477 million passengers in 2002, a decrease of .5% over 2001’s 32.631 million passengers.

Major Surrounding Airports

Other Northwest Ohio Regional Airports

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