Shawnee Field Explained

Shawnee Field
Faa:1I3
Type:Public
Owner:Shawnee Field Inc.
City-Served:Bloomfield, Indiana
Elevation-F:501
Elevation-M:153
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:2,160
R1-Length-M:658
R1-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2007
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:8,283
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:21
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Shawnee Field is a public use airport in Greene County, Indiana, United States. It is owned by Shawnee Field Inc. and is located three nautical miles (5.56 km) west of the central business district of Bloomfield, Indiana.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 1I3 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Shawnee Field covers an area of 29acres at an elevation of 501 feet (153 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a turf surface measuring 2,160 by 150 feet (658 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 8,283 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 100% general aviation with a few ultralights. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine and 14% ultralights.

Accidents

On August 25, 2009, two men were killed when their ultralight aircraft either failed to takeoff or failed to land. The craft crashed into a field.[3]

See also

References

  1. , effective 2009-10-22.
  2. Web site: 1I3 - Bloomfield, Indiana - Shawnee Field Airport. Great Circle Mapper . 2009-10-05.
  3. Web site: UPDATED WITH NAMES OF THE VICTIMS: TWO KILLED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH NEAR SHAWNEE FIELD. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311050856/gcdailyworld.com/story/1564867.html. 2016-03-11.

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