Eagle Creek Airpark

Eagle Creek Airpark
IATA: none – ICAO: KEYE – FAA LID: EYE
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Indianapolis Airport Authority
Serves Indianapolis, Indiana
Elevation AMSL 823 ft / 251 m
Coordinates 39°49′51″N 086°17′40″W / 39.83083°N 86.29444°W / 39.83083; -86.29444
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 4,200 1,280 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2007) 46,371
Based aircraft (2015) 126

Eagle Creek Airpark (ICAO: KEYE, FAA LID: EYE) is a public use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) west of the central business district of Indianapolis, a city in Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is owned by the Indianapolis Airport Authority and serves as a reliever airport for Indianapolis International Airport.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EYE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Eagle Creek Airpark covers an area of 315 acres (127 ha) at an elevation of 823 feet (251 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 4,200 by 75 feet (1,280 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 46,371 aircraft operations, an average of 127 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi. In 2015, there were 126 aircraft based at this airport: 102 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 4 jet and 2 helicopter. [1]

Eagle Creek Aviation Services, the airport's fixed-base operator (FBO) is an authorized service center for Cessna Citation, Cirrus Design and Twin Commander aircraft.[3] ECAS is also one of the eight U.S. service centers for the Embraer Phenom.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for EYE (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KEYE - Indianapolis, Indiana - Eagle Creek Airpark
  3. ↑ Eagle Creek Aviation Services, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
  4. ↑ Embraer Executive Jets: Service Center Network

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