Elwood Airport

Elwood Airport
IATA: noneICAO: noneFAA LID: 3I1
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Ann Brewer
Serves Elwood, Indiana
Elevation AMSL 866 ft / 264 m
Coordinates 40°15′10.1″N 085°49′59.9″W / 40.252806°N 85.833306°W / 40.252806; -85.833306
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
Closed 2,243 684 Turf
Closed 2,076 633 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 2,604

Elwood Airport (FAA LID: 3I1) was a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Elwood, in Madison County, Indiana, United States.[1] The airfield closed on September 1, 2008.

Facilities and aircraft

Elwood Airport covers an area of 74 acres (30 ha) at an elevation of 866 feet (264 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: 9/27 measures 2,243 by 300 feet (684 x 91 m) and 18/36 is 2,076 by 300 feet (633 x 91 m). For the 12-month period ending August 23, 2005, the airport had 2,604 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 217 per month.[1]

Airport Restaurant

The Airport restaurant is still open at the airfield, but holds the (Unofficial) record for the World's First Fly-In Drive In.

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 3I1 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.

External links

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