Mettel Field

Mettel Field
IATA: CEV – ICAO: KCEV – FAA LID: CEV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Connersville BOAC
Serves	Connersville, Indiana
Elevation AMSL	866 ft / 264 m
Coordinates	39°41′54″N 085°07′52″W / 39.69833°N 85.13111°WCoordinates: 39°41′54″N 085°07′52″W / 39.69833°N 85.13111°W
Map
CEV CEV Location of airport in Indiana/United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 6,503 1,982 Asphalt 4/22 2,601 793 Turf
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 8,772 Based aircraft 9
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Mettel Field (IATA: CEV^[2], ICAO: KCEV, FAA LID: CEV) is a public airport three miles north of Connersville, in Fayette County, Indiana. It is owned by the Connersville Board of Aviation Commissioners.^[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.

For a short time c. 1951 Lake Central scheduled DC-3s to Mettel.

Facilities

Mettel Field covers 444 acres (180 ha) at an elevation of 866 feet (264 m). It has two runways: 18/36 is 6,503 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m) asphalt and 4/22 is 2,601 by 100 feet (793 x 30 m) turf.^[1]

In 2009 the airport had 8,772 aircraft operations, average 24 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and <1% military. Nine aircraft were then based at this airport: 78% single-engine and 22% multi-engine.^[1]

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for CEV (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
2. "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 17, 2012.

External links

• Aerial image from Indiana DOT
• Aerial image as of March 1998 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CEV, effective December 8, 2016
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CEV
  • AirNav airport information for KCEV
  • ASN accident history for CEV
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCEV