Wilgrove Air Park

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Wilgrove Air Park
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWilgrove Investments, LLC
Serves Charlotte, North Carolina
Elevation  AMSL 799 ft / 244 m
Coordinates 35°12′50″N080°40′12″W / 35.21389°N 80.67000°W / 35.21389; -80.67000
Website www.wilgroveairport.net
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/352,835864Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations16,100
Based aircraft50

Wilgrove Air Park was a public use airport located nine nautical miles (17 km) east of the central business district of Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. [1] Wilgrove Air Park closed permanently in 2020.

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Facilities and aircraft

Wilgrove Air Park covered an area of 55 acres (22  ha ) at an elevation of 799 feet (244 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,835 by 40 feet (864 x 12 m). [1] Its IATA code was QWG and its FAA LID was 8A6.

For the 12-month period ending September 20, 2007, the airport had 16,100 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 50 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 8A6 PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.