St. Louis Metro-East Airport Shafer Field | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private-use | ||||||||||
| Owner | Edward B. Shafer | ||||||||||
| Serves | St. Jacob, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 477 ft / 145 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°43′58″N089°48′24″W / 38.73278°N 89.80667°W /38.73278; -89.80667 | ||||||||||
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  IL48 Location of airport in Illinois Show map of Illinois IL48 IL48 (the United States) Show map of the United States | |||||||||||
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| Source:Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
St. Louis Metro-East Airport (FAALID:IL48), also known asShafer Field, is a private useairport located two miles (3 km) north of thecentral business district ofSt. Jacob, inMadison County,Illinois,United States. It is privately owned by Edward B. Shafer.[1]
St. Louis Metro-East Airport covers an area of 29acres (12 ha) and contains onerunway 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: 1glider and 1ultralight.[1][2]
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