Eagle Creek Airpark

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Coordinates: 39°49′51″N 086°17′40″W / 39.83083, -86.29444

Eagle Creek Airpark
IATA: none – ICAO: KEYE – FAA: EYE
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Indianapolis Airport Authority
Serves		Indianapolis, Indiana
Elevation AMSL		823 ft / 251 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	4,200	1,280	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			43,308
Based aircraft			115
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Eagle Creek Airpark (ICAO: KEYE, FAA LID: EYE) is a public airport located seven miles (11 km) west of the central business district of Indianapolis, in Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is owned by the Indianapolis Airport Authority and serves as a reliever airport for Indianapolis International Airport.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Eagle Creek Airpark is assigned EYE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Eagle Creek Airpark covers an area of 315 acres (127 ha) and contains one runway designated 3/21 with a 4,200 x 75 ft. (1,280 x 23 m) asphalt pavement.For the 12-month period ending June 15, 2006, the airport had 43,308 aircraft operations, an average of 118 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi. There are 115 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and 1% jet.^[1]

Eagle Creek Airpark also houses an authorized service center, named Eagle Creek Aviation Services, for Twin Commander, Cessna Citation, and Cirrus Design aircraft. Starting after delivery in late 2008, the Embraer Pheom will also call ECAS home to one of eight national service centers.