The Blue Ash Airport (KISZ) outside Cincinnati, Ohio, will close this summer, if the city of Cincinnati has its way. In a statement issued on March 8, city manager Milton Doheny revealed that “the city administration is providing notice to the FAA, the city of Blue Ash, and the current Blue Ash airport tenants and users that it is our intent to close the airport in no less than 90 days.”
Doheny’s statement justifies the closure based on the increasing cost of keeping the airport maintained and the revenue reduction that has resulted from a decrease in the number of operations. The statement also claims the FAA denied grant requests from the city of Cincinnati and Blue Ash for airport improvements.
