Grimes Field
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: I74 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Urbana | ||||||||||
| Serves | Urbana, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,068 ft / 326 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Website | www.GrimesField.com | ||||||||||
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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] As of 01Feb2015 the airport manager is Louis M Driever.
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.
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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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 April 18, 2024
- 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
