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Youngstown Elser Metro Airport is a privately owned, public-use general aviation field in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, a short distance southwest of the city of Youngstown. It offers a single lit hard-surface runway and a resident fixed-base operator, making it a straightforward stop for light aircraft, helicopters and business jets operating in the area.
Youngstown Elser Metro Airport (FAA identifier 4G4) is a privately owned but public-use general aviation airport serving the Youngstown area of Ohio. It is owned and operated by Michael E Stanko and sits in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, close to the community of North Lima. The field supports a steady mix of single- and multi-engine aircraft, helicopters and the occasional jet, and is of interest to the simulator pilot as a quiet, single-runway GA airport in the shadow of the larger Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.
The airport lies in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, reported as roughly 7 to 8 miles south to southwest of Youngstown itself, near North Lima on Sharrott Road. It sits within the wider Youngstown terminal area and under the jurisdiction of Youngstown Approach Control for departure and arrival services; when Youngstown Approach is closed, approach and departure services are provided by Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center. Nearby fields of relevance to a pilot planning a route in the area include Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, Youngstown Executive Airport and Salem Airpark.
The airport has a single physical runway, 10/28, with a hard, lit surface. Runway 28 is 3,732 feet long and Runway 10 is 3,647 feet long. There is no ILS or other instrument landing aid at the field.
No dedicated airport common traffic advisory frequency is given in available references. Approach and departure services for the area are provided by Youngstown Approach Control, contactable for clearance delivery on 330-856-4806; when Youngstown Approach is closed, Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center provides service on 120.6 and 379.275 via the Mount Hope remote communications air-to-ground facility, with Cleveland Center reachable by telephone on 440-774-0223 or 440-774-0490.
No specific published circuit heights, joining procedures or noise-abatement restrictions for Youngstown Elser Metro are available in the sources consulted; pilots should expect standard light-aircraft traffic pattern operations typical of an uncontrolled field of this size.
No formally published visual reporting points for the airport were found; the field can be located by its position near North Lima on Sharrott Road, south to southwest of Youngstown and to the west of the larger Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.
Specific historical detail on the founding or wartime role of Youngstown Elser Metro Airport is not recorded in the available sources. The airport has, however, been the site of several recorded general aviation accidents over the years, including a fatal Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six loss-of-control accident shortly after takeoff in 1999, a fatal Piper PA-24 Comanche accident during dusk landing practice in 2004, a Cessna T210 Centurion landing accident in icing conditions in 2005, and a Rockwell International 114A runway excursion in 2010.
The airport is served by a fixed-base operator, Gemco Aviation Services, which sells fuel and offers general maintenance, hangars, courtesy transportation, pilot supplies, a crew lounge, snooze rooms and showers. For the twelve-month period ending September 2021, the airport recorded 4,784 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per week, comprising 95 percent general aviation, 2 percent air taxi and 2 percent military traffic. At that time 72 aircraft were based at the field, made up of 46 single-engine and 5 multi-engine airplanes, 20 helicopters and 1 jet.
