OAA AOPA ORBAA Regional Airport Event

July 16, 2025

Dear Elected Officials as well as Business and Community Leaders,

You are cordially invited to join the Ohio Aviation Association (OAA), the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), and the Ohio Regional Business Aviation Association (ORBAA) for a briefing on aviation issues of importance to airports, businesses, and pilots.  The details of the event are below. 

When:       Thursday, December 18, 2025 (9:30a.m.-1p.m.)

Where:      Wood County Airport (1G0)

     BGSU Aviation

     905 E Poe Rd.

     Bowling Green, OH 43402

The agenda for joint OAA/AOPA/ORBAA regional airport issue briefing is:

• 9:30a.m-11:30a.m. – Legislative Briefing
• Welcome and Introductions
• Brief overview of AOPA, OAA and ORBAA (background, members, key issues)

1. Key priorities for the associations in the 136^th General Assembly
2. Northwest Ohio airport presentations (each airport has 7-10 mins and 4 slides each)
3. General topics of discussion related to aviation (Q & A)

• 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Lunch and discussions with individual airports in NW Ohio area
• 1-3p.m. – OAA Board of Directors will be meeting