On 7 January 1994, Atlantic Coast Airlines Flight 6291 crashed short of the runway at Port Columbus International Airport killing five people out of nine passengers and crew.
Norton Field, located in an area southwest of present East Broad Street, Fairway Boulevard, and Hamilton Road in Whitehall, Ohio, just south of what is now Port Columbus International Airport, was dedicated on 30 June 1923, in a ceremony attended by top American ace and Columbus native Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
The Port Columbus Airport Crossover Taxiway Bridge allows aircraft to travel from the terminal building to the outer runways at the Port Columbus International Airport.
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The Port Columbus Airport Crossover Taxiway Bridge is an aircraft taxiway bridge located at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.
Passengers traveled overnight on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Airway Limited from New York to Columbus; by air from Columbus to Waynoka, Oklahoma; by rail again from Waynoka to Clovis, New Mexico; and by air from Clovis to Los Angeles.
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A Piper Aztec from Duluth, Minnesota, veered off the left side of the runway when the nose gear collapsed on landing.
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American Eagle Airlines operates a maintenance base at Port Columbus, along with Republic Airways who operate their flagship base at Port Columbus.
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By comparison, the OSU Airport generally ranks in the top five airports in Ohio in the number of take-offs and landings with Cleveland Hopkins, Port Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati Lunken.
It initially offered a 48-hour train/plane trip with the first leg being on the Pennsylvania Railroad overnight from New York City to Columbus, Ohio, where passengers boarded a plane at Port Columbus International Airport that included stops in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Wichita, and finally Waynoka, Oklahoma.