| Bolivar Municipal Airport | |
| Nativename: | Gene Engledow Field |
| Faa: | M17 |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Bolivar |
| Operator: | S.O.A.R. (Service Oriented Aviation Readiness) |
| City-Served: | Bolivar, Missouri |
| Elevation-M: | 333 |
| Elevation-F: | 1,092 |
| Coordinates: | 37.5961°N -93.3478°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Missouri |
| R1-Number: | 18/36 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,219 |
| R1-Length-F: | 4,000 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2008 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 18,701 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 61 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
| Unicom: | 123.0--> |
Bolivar Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (4.6 mi, 7.4 km) east of the central business district of Bolivar, a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
By proclamation of the mayor of the city of Bolivar, the field was renamed "Bolivar Municipal Airport, Gene Engledow Field" on October 12, 2013.[3] The renaming was to honor Gene Engledow, a local 100-year-old master pilot. Engledow has been licensed by the FAA for 77 years as of 2013.[4]
Bolivar Municipal Airport covers an area of 183acres at an elevation of 1,092 feet (333 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2011, the airport had 18,701 aircraft operations, an average of 51 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi, 2% military. As of October 17, 2013, there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 45 single-engine (88%), two multi-engine (4%), three jet (6%), and one helicopter (2%).
On October 10, 2011, S.O.A.R. (Service Oriented Aviation Readiness) began service as the FBO.