O'Neal Airport explained

O'Neal Airport
Iata:OEA[1] [2]
Icao:KOEA
Faa:OEA
Type:Public (Closed)
Owner:Vincennes University
City-Served:Vincennes, Indiana
Elevation-F:414
Elevation-M:126
Coordinates:38.6914°N -87.5522°W
R1-Number:9/27
R1-Length-F:3,450
R1-Length-M:1,052
R1-Surface:Turf
R2-Number:14/32
R2-Length-F:2,625
R2-Length-M:800
R2-Surface:Turf
R3-Number:3/21
R3-Length-F:2,350
R3-Length-M:716
R3-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2004
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:8,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:18
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[3]

O'Neal Airport was a public use airport owned by Vincennes University and located in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. The airport was one nautical mile (1.85 km) west of the central business district of Vincennes, a city in Knox County. The airport is now closed.

Facilities and aircraft

O'Neal Airport covered an area of 250acres at an elevation of 414 feet (126 m) above mean sea level. It had three runways with turf surfaces: 9/27 is 3,450 by 150 feet (1,052 x 46 m); 14/32 is 2,625 by 135 feet (800 x 41 m); 3/21 is 2,350 by 120 feet (716 x 37 m) and was also the location of an FAA navigational aid (NAVAID), the OEA non-directional beacon (NDB).

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2004, the airport had 8,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, 6% helicopter and 6% ultralight.

References

  1. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search. IATA. 5 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Ocean City, Municipal (OCE) information . https://web.archive.org/web/20131113053843/http://www.theairdb.com/airport/OCE.html . 2013-11-13.
  3. , effective 7 May 2009