Akron–Canton Airport

Akron–Canton Airport (CAK)
IATA: CAK ICAO: KCAK FAA LID: CAK CAK Show map of Ohio CAK Show map of the US Location of airport in Ohio / United States
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Akron Canton Regional Airport Authority
Serves	Akron, Ohio, Canton, Ohio, Massillon, Ohio
Location	Green, Ohio
Elevation AMSL	1,228 ft / 374 m
Website	www.akroncantonairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 7,601 2,317 Asphalt 5/23 8,204 2,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations 122,803 Based aircraft 155
Sources: airport website and FAA

Coordinates: 40°54.90′N 81°26.62′W / 40.91500°N 81.44367°W / 40.91500; -81.44367

Akron–Canton Airport (IATA: CAK, ICAO: KCAK, FAA LID: CAK) is a commercial airport in the city of Green, in southern Summit County, Ohio (a small piece of both runways is in Stark County), just off Interstate 77 about 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Akron and 10 miles northwest of Canton. The airport is jointly operated by Summit County and Stark County.

The airport has two runways, 7,601 and 8,204 feet (2,317 and 2,501 m) long, both 150 feet (46 m) wide. CAK covers 2,300 acres (930 ha).

Money for the airport was initially allocated during World War II for defense purposes, but the construction stalled over a controversy relating to whether public funding of airport construction would be appropriate. As a result, private funding was essential to the initial construction of the airport, particularly in purchasing the land.

The airport was dedicated on October 13, 1946, as the Akron–Canton–Massillon Airport; the name was later changed to Akron–Canton Regional Airport. Passenger air service began in 1948 when American, United, Capital, and Eastern airlines moved from the Akron Fulton International Airport.