Wheeler Airport | |
Faa: | IG05 |
Type: | Private use |
Owner: | James F. Wheeler |
City-Served: | Knox, Indiana |
Elevation-F: | 720 |
Coordinates: | 41.1897°N -86.6069°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Indiana |
Pushpin Label: | IG05 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 8/26 |
R1-Length-F: | 2,600 |
R1-Surface: | Turf |
Stat-Year: | 1994 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 7,284 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 5 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Wheeler Airport is a private use airport in Starke County, Indiana, United States. It is located six nautical miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Knox, Indiana, and was previously a public use airport.[2]
Wheeler Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 720 feet (219 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with a turf surface measuring 2,600 by 200 feet (792 x 61 m).
For the 12-month period ending November 30, 1994, the airport had 7,284 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. At that time there were five aircraft based at this airport: four single-engine and one ultralight.