Antique Airfield

Antique Airfield
Antique Airfield
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; FAA LID: IA27;
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner/Operator	Airpower Museum and Robert L. Taylor
Location	3 miles NE of Blakesburg, Iowa
Elevation AMSL	890 ft / 271 m
Coordinates	40°58′40.0460″N092°35′15.68″W / 40.977790556°N 92.5876889°W
Website	https://antiqueairfieldia27.com/
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Last updated September 13, 2023

Antique Airfield is a private use airfield located three miles northeast of Blakesburg, Iowa. Antique Airfield is owned and operated by Robert L. Taylor and the Airpower Museum.^[1] It is the home of the Antique Airplane Association, Inc., the Airpower Museum, Inc., and the APM Library of Flight.^[2]

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References

↑ "AirNav: IA27 - Antique Airfield". AirNav. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
↑ "Airpower Museum – Antique Airfield". IowaBeautiful.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

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[airnav-1] "AirNav: IA27 - Antique Airfield". AirNav. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

[iowabeautiful-2] "Airpower Museum – Antique Airfield". IowaBeautiful.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

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