The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field

The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field (KOSU) is a medium airport in Columbus, OH. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KOSU or IATA code OSU. It sits in North America.

The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 5,004-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 5,004 ft (1,525 m), a light-jet-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Phenom 300, Citation CJ4, and Learjet 75. In practice this limits operations to light jets, turboprops, and short-field-capable aircraft.

The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field sits near sea level at 905 ft.

Local operations run on America/New_York. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 74 departing and 143 arriving private-jet legs at KOSU across the next six months of operator inventory. 14 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KOSU are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Ohio State University Airport is a public airport six miles (10 km) northwest of downtown Columbus, in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. It is owned and operated by Ohio State University in Columbus. It is also known as the OSU Don Scott Airport, named after Donald E. Scott, an OSU alumnus who died during his training as a pilot in the United Kingdom during World War II. The airport's main entrance is located on Case Road, and is easily accessible from OH-315 and Interstate 270.