Sidney City Airport , formerly known as Sidney Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Sidney, a city in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011âÂÂ2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
Although a municipal airport was proposed as early as 1943, it was not until 1963 that Sidney would have one.
Willman Airport, established by Robert D. Willman, opened in 1957 as a private field and a little over two years later a paved runway was being built next to the existing strip. Renamed Sidney Airport by 1962, that August a plan was introduced to Sidney city council by four businessmen. It called for the municipality to acquire the airport and while the current owner would continue to operate it. By October, construction of a new northeast-southwest oriented runway was underway. The title for the airport was ceremonially presented to the city and the runway dedicated at an airshow on 30 May 1963.
The airport's attempt obtain an Ohio airport grant in 1966 was hampered by the fact that its runway was already above state minimum length requirements. By that point, Sidney Aluminum Company, Copeland Refridgeration Corporation, Stolle Corporation and Sidney Trucking all operated business aircraft out of the airport. A third east-west runway was built in 1969.
Consideration was given to closing the road at the eastern end of the east-west runway in 1986 as part of a plan to lengthen the runway.
A pilots' association was established at the airport in 1994.
A portion of Children's Home Road at the eastern edge of the airport was closed in August 2008 as preparation for extending the east-west runway . The extension itself was dedicated on 12 November 2013. It was renamed Sidney City Airport in late March 2015. In 2021, the airport received funds to support operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout 2023, the airport received nearly $6 million to be used to maintain facilities and construct taxiways, logistics facilities, and new technological facilities. A parallel taxiway extension was opened in June 2025.
Sidney City Airport covers an area of 83 acres (34 ha) at an elevation of 1,044 feet (318 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 10/28 is 5,013 by 75 feet (1,528 x 23 m) and 5/23 is 2,981 by 50 feet (909 x 15 m).
The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells fuel and offers limited amenities.
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2021, the airport had 20,500 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 25 single-engine airplanes, 5 jet, and 1 multi-engine airplane.