Elwood Airport

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Elwood Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Ann Brewer
Serves Elwood, Indiana
Elevation  AMSL 866 ft / 264 m
Coordinates 40°15′10.1″N085°49′59.9″W / 40.252806°N 85.833306°W / 40.252806; -85.833306
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,243 684 Turf
18/36 2,076 633 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 2,604

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.

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Elwood, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

Elwood is a city in Madison and Tipton counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The Madison County portion, which includes most of the city, is part of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion in Tipton County is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,614 at the 2010 census.

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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]

Runway Area of surface used by aircraft to takeoff from and land on

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface.

General aviation civil use of aircraft excluding commercial transportation

General Aviation (GA) represents the 'private transport' and recreational flying component of aviation.

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 3I1 ( Form 5010 PDF ), effective 2009-05-07.
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