Shawnee Field

Shawnee Field
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 1I3
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Shawnee Field Inc.
Serves Bloomfield, Indiana
Elevation AMSL 501 ft / 153 m
Coordinates 39°02′40.163″N 087°00′20.03″W / 39.04448972°N 87.0055639°W / 39.04448972; -87.0055639Coordinates: 39°02′40.163″N 087°00′20.03″W / 39.04448972°N 87.0055639°W / 39.04448972; -87.0055639
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 2,160 658 Turf
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 8,283
Based aircraft 21

Shawnee Field is a public use airport in Greene County, Indiana, United States. It is owned by Shawnee Field Inc. and is located three nautical miles (5.56 km) west of the central business district of Bloomfield, Indiana.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 1I3 by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Shawnee Field covers an area of 29 acres (12 ha) at an elevation of 501 feet (153 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an turf surface measuring 2,160 by 150 feet (658 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 8,283 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 100% general aviation with a few ultralights. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine and 14% ultralights.[1]

Accidents

On August 25, 2009, two men were killed when their ultralight aircraft either failed to takeoff or failed to land. The craft crashed into a field.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for 1I3 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-10-22.
  2. ↑ "1I3 - Bloomfield, Indiana - Shawnee Field Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  3. ↑ http://gcdailyworld.com/story/1564867.html

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