FlyTOL / NWOAC

July brought another healthy gain in passenger traffic by 9.9% to 15,924 through Toledo Express.  June would’ve seen a decent gain had it not been for American Airlines operated by Envoy canceling so many flights while July resutled in only one cancellation and the passenger traffic reflects it.  American Airlines passenger traffic through TOL was ...

With the recommendation to the FAA Administrator looming on the fate of Toledo Approach, we have to act fast to get our input in.  We held a meeting on August 7th at Toledo Express Airport and we weren’t necessarily happy with answers that were being given by the representatives from the other facilities.  While we ...

It wasn’t that long ago that families would take an evening to head out to a dirt and stone patch along either Airport Highway or Eber Road. There they would observe the evening batch of flights that would move through Toledo Express. Observers would see a variety of aircraft from a Comair CRJ to a ...

The answer to that question is “very possible.” The next question comes – where will it move to? There are four distinct possiblities – Detroit, Cleveland, Kalamazoo, or staying at Toledo. Background Several years ago, Cleveland Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) had a new facility built and the thought was to consolodate several more TRACONs ...

Aided by a late Easter holiday and late spring break season, April 2014 passenger statistics increased by another impressive margin.  Total passengers through Toledo Express rose 17.9% over April 2013 to 19,467, besting the usually heavy travel month of March 2014.  Allegiant Air handled 12,744 for an increase of 32.9% over April 2013 and American operated ...

March 2014 passenger growth continued the upward momentum, albeit at a much slower pace than the previous months.  With PGD in the mix for over a year now, the rapid upward growth will now be fairly minimal after April.  Allegiant has switched over to A320s on the Orlando and Tampa/St. Pete flights which is a ...