Toledo Express Airport

Toledo Express Airport, officially Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (IATA: TOL, ICAO: KTOL, FAA LID: TOL), is a civil-military airport in Swanton and Monclova townships, 10 mi (16 km) west of Toledo in western Lucas County, Ohio, United States. It was dedicated on October 31, 1954, and opened on January 5, 1955, as a replacement for the Toledo Municipal Airport, now Toledo Executive Airport, southeast of Toledo. Toledo Express is near the crossing of State Route 2 and the Ohio Turnpike (Interstate 80/Interstate 90, exit 52).

Toledo is used by both passenger and cargo airlines and general aviation. It is also home to the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing. The airport is a secondary airport for Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) and the surrounding region, including as a primary diversion point for DTW. The airport is operated by the Toledo–Lucas County Port Authority on a lease agreement from the City of Toledo. The airport also serves as headquarters and the ground cargo hub for BX Solutions.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the airport saw considerable airline service with as many as seven airlines, at any given time, operating over 40 flights per day to fourteen destinations. Traffic peaked in 1997, then began a downfall as many passengers began driving to nearby Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a major hub airport. By 2011, all but two airlines had discontinued service. Traffic bottomed out in 2012, then began a slow growth. In 2015, Toledo Express recorded its third straight year of passenger growth, reaching 179,911.

In 2018, buoyed by growing service to and from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, air travel through Toledo Express Airport increased by more than 22 percent for its sixth straight year of growth. Total passenger service reached 241,299 passengers in 2018.

The airport was officially renamed to honor retired NASA flight director and Toledo native Gene Kranz in September 2020.