Middletown Regional Airport
airport in Ohio, United States of America
Middletown Regional Airport, also known as Hook Field, (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. The airport was renamed in October 2008; 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.
The airport is home to the Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon Festival, an annual event for over 20 years. There is also a nonprofit museum at the airport hosted by Butler County Warbirds, Inc.
History
The airport was formed in 1925 when local businessmen formed Middletown Airport Park from a number of farms they had purchased. The following year, plans were made to acquire an additional 130 adjacent building lots for use as a civic park.
Aeronca moved to the airport in 1939–1940 from Lunken Airport after the company's factory at the latter was damaged by a flood.
A fishing pond nearby was closed in 1946 to make room for a runway extension. The extension was planned to allow aircraft from Superior Airlines of Youngstown and a corporate aircraft of American Rolling Mill Company to land at the airport.
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