| St. Louis Metro-East Airport | |
| Nativename: | Shafer Field |
| Faa: | IL48 |
| Type: | Private-use |
| Owner: | Edward B. Shafer |
| City-Served: | St. Jacob, Illinois |
| Elevation-F: | 477 |
| Elevation-M: | 145 |
| Coordinates: | 38.7328°N -89.8067°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Illinois#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Illinois |
| Pushpin Label: | IL48 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| R1-Number: | 13/31 |
| R1-Length-F: | 2,662 |
| R1-Length-M: | 811 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2018 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 52,000 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 42 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
St. Louis Metro-East Airport, also known as Shafer Field, is a private use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of St. Jacob, in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is privately owned by Edward B. Shafer.
St. Louis Metro-East Airport covers an area of 29acres and contains one runway designated 13/31 with a 2,662 x 50 ft (811 x 15 m) asphalt surface.
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2018, the airport had 52,000 aircraft operations, an average of 142 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 2 aircraft based at this airport: 1 glider and 1 ultralight.[2]