Downtown Airport (Missouri)

Downtown Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Harry Cooper
Serves Springfield, Missouri
Elevation AMSL 1,374 ft / 419 m
Coordinates 37°13′18″N 093°14′52″W / 37.22167°N 93.24778°W / 37.22167; -93.24778
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 4,035 1,230 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 5,800
Based aircraft 43

Downtown Airport (FAA LID: 3DW) is a privately owned, public-use airport located in the city of Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, United States.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Downtown Airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) and has one runway designated 11/29 with a 4,035 x 50 ft (1,230 x 15 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending November 30, 2005, the airport had 5,800 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 5% jet and 2% helicopter.[1]

Accidents

On October 6, 2010, a small plane crashed on the runway at the Downtown Airport. One person was killed and 2 others were injured.

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 3DW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10


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