Cottage Grove State Airport
Cottage Grove State Airport Jim Wright Field | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Oregon Department of Aviation | ||||||||||
| Location | Cottage Grove, Oregon | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 641 ft / 195 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°47′59.4430″N 123°01′44.28″W / 43.799845278°N 123.0289667°W | ||||||||||
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Cottage Grove State Airport or Jim Wright Field (FAA LID: 61S), is a public airport serving small general aviation aircraft, located one mile (1.6 km) east of the city of Cottage Grove in Lane County, Oregon, USA.
On December 17, 2003 the airfield was named after Jim Wright, a local aviator and businessman who built a reproduction Hughes H-1 Racer. Wright died in an aircraft accident on August 4, 2003.
External links[edit]
- Wright Machine Tools dedication to Jim Wright
- NTSB report on Jim Wright Accident
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 61S
- AirNav airport information for 61S
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 61S
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