Colonel William A. Phillips

St. Louis Metro-East Airport (FAA LID: IL48), also known as Shafer Field, is a private use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of St. Jacob, in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is privately owned by Edward B. Shafer.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

St. Louis Metro-East Airport covers an area of 29 acres (12 ha) and contains one runway designated 13/31 with a 2,662 x 50 ft (811 x 15 m) asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2018, the airport had 52,000 aircraft operations, an average of 142 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 2 aircraft based at this airport: 1 glider and 1 ultralight.[1][2]

Accidents and incidents

  • On July 2, 2022, a Piper Comanche 250 crashed after takeoff from Metro-East. One passenger died at the scene, while the pilot was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 3K6 PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ "AirNav: IL48 - St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  3. ^ "One dead, another critically in metro-east plane crash". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2022-07-20.

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