Octa, US 🇺🇸 Closed Airport
ICAO
US-10813
IATA
-
Elevation
1055 ft
Region
US-OH
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 39.5812° N, -83.651001° E
Continent: North America
Type: Closed Airport
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
10/28 |
2000 ft | 100 ft | TURF | Active |
| Type | Description | Frequency |
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Sometime between 1971 and 1976. The airport was listed as active in the 1971 Flight Guide but was no longer depicted on the 1976 Cincinnati Sectional Chart, indicating it had been closed and abandoned during that five-year period.
Replacement by a new facility. The airport's closure coincided with the establishment of the current Fayette County Airport (FAA: I74), which opened a few miles to the southwest around 1968. Operations were consolidated at the new, more modern airport with a paved runway, making the original turf airfield redundant.
The site has been completely decommissioned and returned to agricultural use. The land is now a cultivated farm field. Faint outlines of the former 'X' shaped runways are still visible in satellite imagery, but all airport infrastructure, including hangars and other buildings, has been removed.
Historically known as Crouse Airport and later as the first Fayette County Airport, this was a public-use general aviation airfield established between 1949 and 1953. It served the local aviation community in and around Octa and Jeffersonville, Ohio. The airport featured two turf runways arranged in a distinctive 'X' pattern: Runway 9/27 was approximately 3,000 feet long, and Runway 18/36 was 2,600 feet long. It handled private and small commercial light aircraft operations for about two decades.
There are zero known plans or prospects for reopening. The land is privately owned and actively farmed. With the current Fayette County Airport (I74) fully serving the region's aviation needs, there is no practical or economic reason to re-establish an airfield at this historic location.