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Blue Ash Airport

** Blue Ash Airport (ISZ) ... fate to be
determined?**
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Key Takeaways:

  • Blue Ash Airport (ISZ) is threatened with closure by the City of Cincinnati, which plans to sell its land for non-aviation development.
  • The closure is currently stalled by FAA regulations requiring that federally funded airport land, if sold, must have the proceeds used for aviation purposes, a rule the city is trying to circumvent.
  • The author views this as a dangerous precedent for general aviation airports nationwide and laments the potential loss of a historic and personally significant site.
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I am not having a good time: It’s a springlike, bluebird day, more like April than February, and 72B is sitting in Piqua, Ohio, for its annual spa treatment; my tooth ached all weekend (why do toothaches always start on Friday nights?) and was cured expertly but painfully with a root canal on Monday; and the Powers of Darkness are trying to close down Blue Ash Airport.

Oh, we’re doing our damnedest to save it, but the emperor of Mongo, Ming the Merciless, and his dysfunctional council of advisors (Cincinnati’s mayor and City Council) want it gone. Mercifully, for the moment, at least, they’ve run into a large roadblock.

Martha Lunken

Martha Lunken is a lifelong pilot, former FAA inspector and defrocked pilot examiner. She flies a Cessna 180 and anything with a tailwheel, from Cubs to DC-3s.

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