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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Toledo–Lucas County Port Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Toledo, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Swanton / Monclova townships, Lucas County, Ohio, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 684 ft / 208 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°35′15″N 83°48′45″W / 41.58750°N 83.81250°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Toledo Express Airport, officially Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (IATA: TOL, ICAO: KTOL, FAA LID: TOL), is a civil-military airport in Swanton and Monclova townships 10 mi (16 km) west of Toledo in western Lucas County, Ohio, United States. It opened in 1954–55 as a replacement to the Toledo Municipal Airport (now Toledo Executive Airport) southeast of Toledo. Toledo Express is near the crossing of State Route 2 and the Ohio Turnpike (Interstate 80/Interstate 90, exit 52).
TOL is used by passenger and cargo airlines, general aviation, and is home to the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing. The airport is a secondary airport for Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) and the surrounding region, including as a primary diversion point for DTW. The airport is operated by the Toledo–Lucas County Port Authority on a lease agreement from the City of Toledo. The airport also serves as headquarters and ground cargo hub for BX Solutions.
Through the 1980s and 1990s the airport saw considerable airline service with as many as seven airlines at any given time operating over 40 flights per day to fourteen destinations. Traffic peaked in 1997 then began a downfall as many passengers began driving to nearby Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a major hub airport. By 2011 all but two airlines had discontinued service. Traffic bottomed out in 2012 then began a slow growth. In 2015 Toledo Express recorded its third straight year of passenger growth, reaching 179,911.[2]
In 2018, buoyed by growing service to and from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, air travel through Toledo Express Airport increased by more than 22 percent for its sixth straight year of growth. Total passenger service reached 241,299 passengers in 2018.
The airport was officially renamed to honor retired NASA flight director and Toledo native Gene Kranz in September 2020.[3]
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for TOL PDF, effective June 13, 2024.
- ^ "Traffic up at Toledo Express Airport in '15". January 20, 2016. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- ^ "Toledo airport now bears name of NASA's Kranz". The Blade. Toledo, OH. September 11, 2020. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2020.