Wilgrove Air Park

Wilgrove Air Park
IATA: None ICAO: None FAA LID: None
Summary
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 / 35.21389; -80.67000
Website	www.wilgroveairport.net
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 2,835 864 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 16,100 Based aircraft 50
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Wilgrove 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]

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[]

External links[]

• Official site
• Photos from Charlotte - Wilgrove Air Park (8A6) at Airliners.net
• Aerial photo as of 13 March 1998 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 8A6
  • AirNav airport information for 8A6
  • ASN accident history for QWG
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 8A6
• ”Mint Hill Times article on closing the airpark” [1]

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