Creve Couer Airport

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St. Louis
Creve Coeur Airport (FAA LID: 1H0) is a public use airport in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of St. Louis.[1] The airport is located in the city of Maryland Heights and is named for Creve Coeur Lake.[2]

This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[3] The airport is home to the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum which has a large collection of airworthy vintage and veteran light aircraft types, mainly from the 1930s.

Contents

   1 Facilities and aircraft
   2 See also
   3 References
   4 External links

Facilities and aircraft

Creve Coeur Airport covers an area of 400 acres (162 ha) at an elevation of 463 feet (141 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 16/34 is 4,500 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 7/25 is 3,120 by 220 feet (951 x 67 m) with a turf surface.[1]

The High Altitude Flying Company led by Douglas Pouk operates quality, well maintained aircraft (C172, PA28, PA32, C172RG) for rent and flight training.[4]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2011, the airport had 35,540 aircraft operations, an average of 97 per day: 98.8% general aviation, 1.1% air taxi, and 0.1% military. At that time there were 118 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, and 1% jet.[1]