Middletown Regional Airport Hook Field | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Middletown | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Middletown, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (-4) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 650 ft / 198 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°31′54″N 084°23′47″W / 39.53167°N 84.39639°W | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access |  BCRTA | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.HookField.com | ||||||||||||||
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Middletown Regional Airport,[2] also known as Hook Field,[3][4] (IATA: MWO, ICAO: KMWO, FAA LID: MWO) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Middletown, a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States.[1] The airport was renamed in October 2008;[4] it was previously known as Hook Field Municipal Airport.
In late August 2008 the airport gained some national prominence when the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin flew into Hook to later attend a Dayton campaign rally where she was announced as Senator John McCain's running mate.[5]
The airport is home to the Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon Festival, an annual event for over 20 years.[6] There is also a nonprofit museum at the airport hosted by Butler County Warbirds, Inc.[7]
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for MWO PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ "B&B Aero Services, Middletown Regional Airport". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "Hook Field Middletown Regional Airport". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ a b Richter, Ed (October 22, 2008). "Airport renamed Middletown Regional Airport/Hook Field". Middletown Journal. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
- ^ Richter, Ed (September 3, 2008). "Airport operator told to be 'evasive;' Now says Palin was on the early flight". The Oxford Press.
- ^ WKRC (2023-07-17). "Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon and Skydiving Festival set to start in Middletown". WKRC. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ "Butler Tech Expansion: Middletown Regional Airport is Central to the City's Economic Development". www.choosemiddletownoh.org. Retrieved 2024-01-28.