Wheeler Airport
Wheeler Airport | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Private use | ||||||||||
| Owner | James F. Wheeler | ||||||||||
| Serves | Knox, Indiana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 720 ft / 219 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°11′23″N 086°36′25″W / 41.18972°N 86.60694°W | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  IG05 Location of airport in Indiana | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Statistics (1994) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Wheeler Airport (FAA LID: IG05, formerly 3C5) is a private use airport in Starke County, Indiana, United States. It is located six nautical miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Knox, Indiana,[1] and was previously a public use airport.[2]
Facilities and aircraft[edit]
Wheeler Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 720 feet (219 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with a turf surface measuring 2,600 by 200 feet (792 x 61 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending November 30, 1994, the airport had 7,284 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. At that time there were five aircraft based at this airport: four single-engine and one ultralight.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for IG05 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "3C5 – Wheeler Airport". Effective. Federal Aviation Administration, via AirNav.com. December 27, 2001. Archived from the original on January 19, 2002.
External links[edit]
- Aerial image as of April 1998 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for IG05
- AirNav airport information for IG05
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for IG05