North Bass Island Airport (FAA LID: 3X5) is a public airport located on North Bass Island, Ohio, United States. It is owned and operated by the Put In Bay Township Port Authority.[1]
Approaches to the airport are challenging due to the airport's close proximity to the Canadian border. Canadian airspace is 2 miles from the runway's threshold.[2]
The airport is mainly used to bring mail to North Bass Island and to transport citizens to and from nearby islands as well as mainland Ohio.[2]
The airport received a $22,000 grant in 2021 to provide economic relief funds for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens.[3]
The airport received $113,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration in late 2023.[4]
North Bass Island Airport covers an area of 33 acres (13 ha) which contains one runway designated 01/19 with a 1,804 ft × 60 ft (550 m × 18 m) asphalt pavement.[6]
There is no fixed-base operator at the airport.[7]
For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2020, the airport had 1,716 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per week, including 58% general aviation and 42% air taxi. No aircraft are based at the airport.[1][6]