Northeast Ohio Regional Airport

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Northeast Ohio Regional Airport, owned and operated by the Ashtabula County Airport Authority, is a public-use airport in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, eight nautical miles (15 km) southeast of the central business district of the city of Ashtabula. The airport is located in the village of Jefferson, about south of Lake Erie. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Northeast Ohio Regional Airport is assigned HZY by the FAA and JFN by the IATA.The airport received its current name in 2012 and the FAA recognized the name in early 2013.Facilities and aircraftNortheast Ohio Regional Airport covers an area of 611acre at an elevation of 924 feet (282 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,197 by 100 feet (1,584 x 30 m).For the 12-month period ending April 23, 2008, the airport had 16,886 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day: 95.9% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 44 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine, 9% multi-engine and 2% jet.