Griffing Flying Service, Inc.

Griffing Flying Service, Inc. is a family-operated aviation company based at Erie-Ottawa International Airport in Port Clinton, Ohio. It was founded in 1937 by Harry Thomas Griffing, and later generations of the Griffing family have led the business and served as chief pilot.

The company runs private charter flights from Port Clinton to destinations in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, along with on-demand passenger flights to the Lake Erie Islands. It also lists aircraft maintenance, aircraft management, aircraft sales, detailing, hangar rental and flight instruction among its services.

Its aircraft are a mix of turboprops and piston singles. Wikipedia lists a King Air B200, a Britten-Norman Islander and several Piper types, while a charter broker directory lists Beechcraft King Air B200 and C90B turboprops, a Britten-Norman Islander and Cessna Citation 550 jets under a Part 135 certificate. Flyers should confirm with the company which aircraft are currently available.

For decades Griffing operated from Griffing Sandusky Airport. It flew from Erie-Ottawa in winter from 2008 and had completed its move there by 2013. In 1992 it took over rival Island Airlines, adding island delivery work for the postal service and UPS. Ottawa County's improvement corporation named it Business of the Year in 2016.

Flyers looking at regional charter around Lake Erie, or island access from the Ohio shore, will find the company's base and history most relevant.