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Madison County Airport (KUYF) is a small public-use general aviation field three miles north of London, Ohio, owned and operated by the Madison County Airport Authority. It offers a single hard-surfaced, lit runway and is a popular base for local flight training and EAA activity, making it a straightforward VFR destination for visiting sim pilots.
Madison County Airport is a public general aviation airport serving London, the county seat of Madison County, Ohio. It is owned and operated by the Madison County Airport Authority and supports a mix of based single- and multi-engine aircraft, a helicopter, flight training activity and local EAA chapter events, making it a good introduction to a quiet Midwestern uncontrolled field for the simulator pilot.
The airport lies about three miles north of the central business district of London, Ohio, within Madison County. It is an uncontrolled field, with no operating control tower, and traffic in the vicinity operates on the common CTAF/UNICOM frequency rather than under a tower service. IFR arrivals and departures are handled by Dayton Approach and Dayton Departure on the frequencies listed below.
The airport has a single physical runway, 09/27, with a hard, lit surface measuring 3,988 feet in length. There is no ILS approach available.
Traffic at Madison County Airport should use the CTAF/UNICOM frequency of 123 MHz for self-announced calls in the circuit and on the ground. Pilots requiring IFR clearance or transiting the area under IFR should expect to work Dayton Approach on 118.85 MHz and Dayton Departure on 126.5 MHz. There is no instrument landing system at the field.
As an uncontrolled airport, pilots are expected to make blind calls on the CTAF and integrate visually with any other traffic in the pattern. Pilots should take care to identify themselves correctly as "Madison County" traffic on frequency, since the similarly named Madison Regional Airport in Madison, Indiana shares the same CTAF/UNICOM channel and has reported confusion when aircraft inbound to it are mistakenly called as "Madison County" (https://www.madisonregionalairport.com/).
The airport sits about three miles north of the town of London, Ohio, which serves as the principal visual landmark for pilots orienting themselves toward the field from the surrounding agricultural countryside.
Madison County Airport is owned by the Madison County Airport Authority and has long served as a general aviation field for the London, Ohio area. The airport has seen a handful of notable incidents over the years, including a Luscombe 8A striking a sign after landing in 2007, a Cessna 170 suffering a gear collapse during a gusty takeoff in 2009, a Cessna 177 Cardinal forced landing in a nearby soybean field in 2017 after engine trouble on approach, and a Beechcraft Bonanza accident on approach in 2019. More recently, a hangar at the airport was destroyed by a tornado on 28 February 2024 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_County_Airport_(Ohio)).
The airport remains an active general aviation base with tiedown and hangar parking, an airport office acting as FBO, and facilities including a courtesy car, vending machines, restrooms and internet access. It is host to EAA Chapter 9, which has run Young Eagles flights offering free introductory flights to children aged 8 to 17 accompanied by a parent or guardian. Airport office hours are listed as Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm (https://www.co.madison.oh.us/departments/madison_county_airport/index.php).