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Elwood Airport

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Elwood Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAnn Brewer
ServesElwood, Indiana
Elevation AMSL866 ft / 264 m
Coordinates40°15′10.1″N 085°49′59.9″W / 40.252806°N 85.833306°W / 40.252806; -85.833306
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,243 684 Turf
18/36 2,076 633 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations2,604

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

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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

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

References

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