Grimes Field

This article is about an airport in Ohio. For the airport in Pennsylvania, see Grimes Airport.
Grimes Field
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 / 40.13250; -83.75361
Website www.GrimesField.com
Map
I74
I74

Location of airport in Ohio/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 4,400 1,341 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 23,480
Based aircraft 52

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] Although it is owned by the City of Urbana, Grimes Field is self-supporting. It receives no money from the general fund, instead relying on raising its own money via Hangar Rental, Fuel Sales and Farm Land Rental for operating.

The airport is home to the Champaign Aviation Museum.[3] It also houses a project to rebuild a World War II era B-17 Heavy Bomber called the Champaign Lady. The B-17 Project website shows the progress and has a couple live web cameras in the hangar where the aircraft is being restored. Volunteers work on it Tuesday through Saturday.[4] As of 1 July 2016, the airport manager was Elton Cultice.

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 two runways. One runway, designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,400 by 100 feet (1,341 x 30 m).and a second runway, designated 1/19 with a grass surface measuring 3000 by 100 feet (914 x 30m)[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 21, 2013, the airport had 23,360 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 51% transient, 51% local, 2% military and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 55 aircraft based at this airport: 39 single-engine, 11 multi-engine, 1 helicopter and 4 ultralight.[1]

Events

Grimes Field is host airport to several events each year. The 2017 Calendar includes several FAA Wings Meetings, Both Spring and Fall Young Eagles Events, a signature Military Appreciation Day in June, a July 4th BBQ/Car Show/Fireworks Display/Fly-in, (MERFI) the Mid-Eastern Regional Fly In in August, when planes from all over Ohio and the nation fly in, and a First-in-the-Country Blessing of the Aircraft in September. Watch the website at www.grimesfield.com and the Facebook page for more information.

There is also a B-25, C-47, Fairchild, and Stinson based here at the Champaign Aviation Museum.

Grimes Field is a component of the National Aviation Heritage Area.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for I74 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 13 Sept 2016.
  2. ↑ History of Warren Grimes and Grimes Field
  3. ↑ Champaign Aviation Museum
  4. ↑ B-17 Project
  5. ↑ "Home of the Wright Brothers". National Aviation Heritage Area. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

External links

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