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Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:

2008-06-05

Airport Identifier:

3C5

Airport Status:

Closed Indefinitely

Longitude/Latitude:

086-36-25.0410W/41-11-23.1480N
-86.606956/41.189763 (Estimated)

Elevation:

720 ft / 219.46 m (Estimated)

Land:

15 acres

From nearest city:

6 nautical miles S of Knox, IN

Location:

Starke County, IN

Magnetic Variation:

02W (1985)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:

Privately owned

Owner:

James F. Wheeler

Address:

7735 S Us Hwy 35
Knox, IN 46534

Phone number:

219-772-2882

Manager:

James Wheeler

Address:

7735 S Hwy 35
Knox, IN 46534

Phone number:

219-772-2882
OR 219-772-3749.

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:

Private

Wind indicator:

Yes

Segmented Circle:

Yes

Control Tower:

No

Landing fee charge:

No

Sectional chart:

Chicago

Region:

AGL - Great Lakes

Traffic Pattern Alt:

800 ft

Boundary ARTCC:

ZAU - Chicago

Tie-in FSS:

HUF - Terre Haute

FSS on Airport:

No

FSS Toll Free:

1-800-WX-BRIEF

Airport Services

Fuel available:

100LL80

Airframe Repair:

NONE

Power Plant Repair:

NONE

Bottled Oxygen:

NONE

Bulk Oxygen:

NONE

Runway Information

Runway 08/26

Dimension:

2600 x 200 ft / 792.5 x 61.0 m

Surface:

TURF, Good Condition

 

Runway 08

Runway 26

Longitude:

086-36-41.7800W

086-36-08.2900W

Latitude:

41-11-20.9100N

41-11-25.3700N

Elevation:

720.00 ft

720.00 ft

Traffic Pattern:

Left

Left

Displaced threshold:

580.00 ft

430.00 ft

Runway End Identifier:

No

No

Centerline Lights:

No

No

Touchdown Lights:

No

No

Obstruction:

15 ft road
APCH RATIO 29:1 OVER RD 380 FT FM DSPLCD THR.

15 ft road, 0.0 ft from runway
APCH RATIO 38:1 OVER RD 500 FT FM DSPLCD THR.

 

Radio Navigation Aids

ID

Type

Name

Ch

Freq

Var

Dist

RWN

NDB

Winamac/dcmsnd

 

335.00

00W

5.8 nm

CPB

NDB

Culver

 

391.00

01W

10.2 nm

VP

NDB

Sedly

 

212.00

02W

19.9 nm

IUL

NDB

La Porte

 

356.00

03W

20.0 nm

RCR

NDB

Rochester

 

216.00

03W

20.3 nm

MCX

NDB

White County

 

377.00

03W

29.7 nm

RZL

NDB

Rensselaer

 

362.00

02W

29.9 nm

GGP

NDB

Logansport

 

263.00

01W

30.8 nm

MGC

NDB

Michigan City

 

203.00

01W

32.5 nm

IWH

NDB

Wabash

 

329.00

03W

44.8 nm

OXI

VOR/DME

Knox

103X

115.60

00E

8.2 nm

GSH

VORTAC

Goshen

084X

113.70

00E

33.0 nm

GIJ

VORTAC

Gipper

101X

115.40

00E

37.1 nm

GUS

VORTAC

Grissom

21Y

108.45

02W

38.7 nm

BVT

VORTAC

Boiler

098X

115.10

01E

43.5 nm

OKK

VORTAC

Kokomo

082X

113.50

00E

47.0 nm

CGT

VORTAC

Chicago Heights

089X

114.20

02E

47.6 nm

Remarks

  • PRIOR TO LNDG DURG SPRING & WINTER MONTHS CALL 219-772-2882 FOR RY CONDS.
  • TREES IN APCH AREA TO RY 08.
  • (ARPT STATUS) ARPT CLSD INDEFLY.

Based Aircraft

Aircraft based on field:

5

Single Engine Airplanes:

4

Ultralights:

1

Operational Statistics

    Time Period: 1993-12-01 - 1994-11-30

Aircraft Operations:

141/Week

Air Taxi:

3.0%

General Aviation Local:

34.0%

General Aviation Itinerant:

63.0%

   

Wheeler Airport

Address: Starke County, IN

Tel: 219-772-2882, 219-772-3749


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General Info
Country United States
State INDIANA
FAA ID 3C5
Latitude 41-11-23.148N
Longitude 086-36-25.041W
Elevation 720 feet
Near City KNOX



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