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Alexandria Airport (Indiana)

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Airport
Alexandria Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCentral Indiana Soaring Society
ServesAlexandria, Indiana
Elevation AMSL900 ft / 274 m
Coordinates40°13′57″N 085°38′15″W / 40.23250°N 85.63750°W / 40.23250; -85.63750
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,591 790 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations7,074
Based aircraft18
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Alexandria Airport (FAA LID: I99) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Alexandria, a city in Madison County, Indiana, United States.

History

Alexandria airport was started as a privately owned - public use airport in a field. In 2004, the 40-year-old Central Indiana Soaring Society rebased from Indianapolis Executive Airport. In 2007, the club rezoned the land for an airport, and purchased the airfield for its use.

Facilities and aircraft

Alexandria Airport covers an area of 22 acres (8.9 ha) at an elevation of 900 feet (274 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,591 by 60 feet (790 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 2, 2005, the airport had 7,074 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 11% single-engine and 89% glider.

Since 2020, local paramotorists have enjoyed safe flights from Alexandria airfield, sharing the love of aviation on early mornings and late evenings when the thermals cease and the skies are friendly for ultralight operations.

Paramotor flies over a thin layer of light fog.
Paramotoring near Alexandria Airport

Unfortunately, the airport is currently restricting operations to only glider activities under threat of trespass to other aviators.

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for I99 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. Alyssa J. Miller (November 2014). "It's a Good Day". AOPA Pilot: 35.

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