Elwood Airport | |
Faa: | 3I1 |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Ann Brewer |
City-Served: | Elwood, Indiana |
Elevation-F: | 866 |
Elevation-M: | 264 |
Coordinates: | 40.2528°N -85.8333°W |
R1-Number: | 9/27 |
R1-Length-F: | 2,243 |
R1-Length-M: | 684 |
R1-Surface: | Turf |
R2-Number: | 18/36 |
R2-Length-F: | 2,076 |
R2-Length-M: | 633 |
R2-Surface: | Turf |
Stat-Year: | 2005 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 2,604 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Elwood Airport 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. The airfield closed on September 1, 2008.
Elwood Airport covers an area of 74acres 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.
The Airport restaurant is still open at the airfield, but holds the (Unofficial) record for the World's First Fly-In Drive In