Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (IATA:PMH, ICAO:KPMH) also known as Scioto County Airport is an airport located about a mile south of Minford, Ohio

Minford, Ohio

Minford is a census-designated place located on the border of Harrison and Madison Townships in northeastern Scioto County, Ohio, United States, about 14 miles northeast of the county seat of Portsmouth.-History:...

 and ten miles northeast of Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Scioto County. The municipality is located on the northern banks of the Ohio River and east of the Scioto River in Southern Ohio. The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census.-Foundation:...

. The airport offers fuel services along with a small snack bar, a couple of hangars, mechanics, and pilot snooze room.

History

The airport was constructed in the 1957 to replace another airport located in West Portsmouth, Ohio

West Portsmouth, Ohio

West Portsmouth is a census-designated place in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,458 at the 2000 census. The citizens of West Portsmouth are served by the Washington-Nile Local School District ....

 which was situated near the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

. When it first opened, Lake Central Airlines

Lake Central Airlines

Lake Central Airlines was an airline that served points in the midwestern United States from 1950 to 1968, when it was merged into Allegheny Airlines. Founded as Roscoe Turner Airlines, the company was based at Weir-Cook Airport in Indianapolis, IN. It serviced communities principally in...

 offered services to the airport until Allegheny Air merged with them in 1968. Since then, the airport has been without airline services and is today used for corporate and business services flying out of Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Scioto County. The municipality is located on the northern banks of the Ohio River and east of the Scioto River in Southern Ohio. The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census.-Foundation:...

and for flight training.

The current president of the Airport Board is George Crumm.