Wheeler Airport is a private use
airport in
Starke County, Indiana
Starke County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 23,363. The county seat is Knox.
History
The Indiana State Legislature passed an omnibus county bill on 7 February 1835 that authori ...
, United States. It is located six
nautical mile
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s (11
km) south of the
central business district
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of
Knox, Indiana,
and was previously a public use airport.
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Facilities and aircraft
Wheeler Airport covers an area of 15
acre
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s (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.
See also
*
List of airports in Indiana
References
External links
Aerial image as of April 1998from
USGS ''
The National Map''
* {{US-airport-minor, IG05
Airports in Indiana
Transportation buildings and structures in Starke County, Indiana