St. Louis Metro-East Airport

Airport

IL48

Location of airport in Illinois

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IL48

IL48 (the United States)

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Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
13/31	2,662	811	Asphalt

Statistics (2018)

Aircraft operations	52,000
Based aircraft	42

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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]

References

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

External links

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for IL48
- AirNav airport information for IL48
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for IL48
- FAA Terminal Procedures for IL48, effective May 16, 2024