Wheeler Airport
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| Airport type | Private use | ||||||||||
| Owner | James F. Wheeler | ||||||||||
| Serves | Knox, Indiana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 720 ft / 219 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°11′23″N 086°36′25″W / 41.18972°N 86.60694°W | ||||||||||
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  IG05 Location of airport in Indiana | |||||||||||
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Wheeler Airport (FAA LID: IG05, formerly 3C5) 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,[1] 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).[1]
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.[1]