Elwood Airport
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 3I1 PDF, effective 2009-05-07.
External links
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for 3I1 at SkyVector
- "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northern Indiana". airfields-freeman.com. Retrieved 2014-07-29.