- O'Neal Airport
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O'Neal Airport IATA: OEA – ICAO: KOEA – FAA LID: OEA Summary Airport type Public (Closed) Owner Vincennes University Serves Vincennes, Indiana Elevation AMSL 414 ft / 126 m Coordinates 38°41′29″N 087°33′08″W / 38.69139°N 87.55222°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 3,450 1,052 Turf 14/32 2,625 800 Turf 3/21 2,350 716 Turf Statistics (2004) Aircraft operations 8,000 Based aircraft 18 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] O'Neal Airport (IATA: OEA, ICAO: KOEA, FAA LID: OEA) was a public use airport owned by Vincennes University and located in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States.[1] The airport was one nautical mile (1.85 km) west of the central business district of Vincennes[1], a city in Knox County. The airport is now closed.
Facilities and aircraft
O'Neal Airport covered an area of 250 acres (100 ha) at an elevation of 414 feet (126 m) above mean sea level. It had three runways with turf surfaces: 9/27 is 3,450 by 150 feet (1,052 x 46 m); 14/32 is 2,625 by 135 feet (800 x 41 m); 3/21 is 2,350 by 120 feet (716 x 37 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2004, the airport had 8,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, 6% helicopter and 6% ultralight.[1]
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Categories:- Airports in Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Lawrence County, Illinois
- Vincennes University
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