Grimes Field
| Grimes Field | |||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: I74 | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Urbana | ||
| Serves | Urbana, Ohio | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,068 ft / 326 m | ||
| Coordinates | 40°07′57″N 083°45′13″W / 40.13250°N 83.75361°W | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 2/20 | 4,400 | 1,341 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 23,480 | ||
| Based aircraft | 36 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Grimes Field (FAA LID: I74) is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Urbana, a city in Champaign County, Ohio, United States.[1] Named for Warren G. Grimes, it is also known as Urbana Municipal Airport and it serves general aviation traffic.[2]
The airport is home to the Champaign Aviation Museum.[3] It also houses a project to rebuild a World War II era B-17 Medium Bomber called the Champaign Lady. The B-17 Project website shows the progress and has a live web camera in the hangar where the aircraft is stored. Volunteers work on it Monday through Saturday.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Grimes Field covers an area of 329 acres (133 ha) at an elevation of 1,068 feet (326 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,400 by 100 feet (1,341 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 7, 2007, the airport had 23,480 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% military and 2% air taxi, At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 6% helicopter and 11% ultralight.[1]
Events
Grimes Field is host airport to the Mid-Eastern Regional Fly In (MERFI) every September 10th and 11th.Planes from all over Ohio and Some parts of the nation fly in.Usually there is a WW2 bomber present.Some years it is a B-17 some years it is a B-25.The Official site for MERFI is http://www.merfi.com/ .
Grimes Field is a component of the National Aviation Heritage Area.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for I74 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ↑ History of Warren Grimes and Grimes Field
- ↑ Champaign Aviation Museum
- ↑ B-17 Project
- ↑ "Home of the Wright Brothers". National Aviation Heritage Area. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
External links
- Grimes Field - Urbana Municipal Airport
- Aerial image as of 22 March 1994 from USGS The National Map (new runway later built on empty field to the north)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for I74, effective February 6, 2014
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for I74
- AirNav airport information for I74
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for I74