Zanesville Municipal Airport is a city-owned airport six miles east of downtown Zanesville, in Muskingum County, Ohio. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility. The first airline flights were TWA DC-3s in 1947. Lake Central replaced TWA in 1953; successor Allegheny left Zanesville January 9, 1970. The largest aircraft used on scheduled service was Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 prop jets before stopping service in 1970. Allegheny had 4 flights a day using the CV580, 2 nonstops to Columbus (CMH) with continuing service to Dayton (DAY), then Detroit (DTW). The two eastbound flights went to Wheeling WV (HLG), then Pittsburgh (PIT).

Facilities

Zanesville Municipal Airport covers 534 acres (216 ha) at an elevation of 900 feet (274 m). It has two asphalt/concrete runways: 04/22 is 4,999 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) and 16/34 is 4,998 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m). In the year ending June 12, 2020, the airport had 33,312 aircraft operations, average 91 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and 1% military. 25 aircraft were then based at the airport: 14 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, and 6 jet.