Newark–Heath Airport

40°01′29″N 082°27′43″W

Newark–Heath Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLicking County Regional Airport Authority
ServesNewark, Ohio
LocationHeath, Ohio
Elevation AMSL884 ft / 269 m
Websitehttps://www.newarkheathairport.com/
Map
VTA is located in Ohio
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Location of airport in Ohio/United States
VTA is located in the United States
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VTA (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 4,649 1,417 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations12,457

Newark–Heath Airport (ICAO: KVTA, FAA LID: VTA) is a public airport located in Heath, Ohio. It is three miles (4.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Newark, a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The airport was opened in 1930 by the city of Newark, and was transferred to the Licking County Regional Airport Authority in 1967.[2] The airport currently has a McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II S.N. 64–0683 on static display.[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Newark–Heath Airport is assigned VTA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Newark–Heath Airport covers an area of 140 acres (57 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (9/27) measuring 4,649 ft × 75 ft (1,417 m × 23 m) For the 12-month period ending March 20, 2007, the airport had 12,457 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% military and <1% air taxi.[1] Newark–Heath Airports FBO (Aviation Works) is owned by George H. Fackler III. Aviation Works offers hangar rental, aircraft rental, aircraft training, and a maintenance shop led by Jeff Furay. Aviation Works also offers full service refueling with Jet-A, and 100LL fuel. Their operating hours are normally 0800-2000 EST.[5]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for VTA PDF, effective 2007-10-25
  2. Heath v. Licking County Regional Airport Authority (Common Pleas Court of Licking County September 7, 1967).Text
  3. [Henniger, Mike. "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - McDonnell F-4C-22-MC Phantom II, s/n 64-0683 USAF, c/n 0917". www.aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 15 March 2018]
  4. Great Circle Mapper: KVTA – Newark, Ohio (Newark–Heath Airport)
  5. Aviation Works. (n.d.). Retrieved March 16, 2018, from http://www.newarkheathairport.com/learn.htm Aviation Works


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