Wilgrove Air Park was a public use airport located nine nautical miles (17 km) east of the central business district of Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States.[1] Wilgrove Air Park closed permanently in 2020.
Wilgrove Air Park | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Wilgrove Investments, LLC | ||||||||||
| Serves | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 799 ft / 244 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°12′50″N 080°40′12″W / 35.21389°N 80.67000°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.wilgroveairport.net | ||||||||||
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Facilities and aircraft
editWilgrove Air Park covered an area of 55 acres (22 ha) at an elevation of 799 feet (244 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,835 by 40 feet (864 x 12 m).[1] Its IATA code was QWG and its FAA LID was 8A6.
For the 12-month period ending September 20, 2007, the airport had 16,100 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 50 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.[1]
References
editExternal links
edit- Official site
- Wilgrove Air Park entry at the web site of Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
- Photos from Charlotte - Wilgrove Air Park (8A6) at Airliners.net
- Aerial photo as of 13 March 1998 from USGS The National Map
- ”Mint Hill Times article on closing the airpark” [1]
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