Bolivar Municipal Airport Gene Engledow Field | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | City of Bolivar | ||||||||||
Operator | S.O.A.R. (Service Oriented Aviation Readiness) | ||||||||||
Serves | Bolivar, Missouri | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,092 ft / 333 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°35′46″N 093°20′52″W / 37.59611°N 93.34778°W | ||||||||||
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Statistics (2008) | |||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Bolivar Municipal Airport ( FAA LID: M17) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (4.6 mi, 7.4 km) east of the central business district of Bolivar, a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. [2]
By proclamation of the mayor of the city of Bolivar, the field was renamed "Bolivar Municipal Airport, Gene Engledow Field" on October 12, 2013. [3] The renaming was to honor Gene Engledow, a local 100-year-old master pilot. Engledow has been licensed by the FAA for 77 years as of 2013. [4]
Bolivar Municipal Airport covers an area of 183 acres (74 ha) at an elevation of 1,092 feet (333 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). [1]
For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2011, the airport had 18,701 aircraft operations, an average of 51 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi, 2% military. As of October 17, 2013, there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 45 single-engine (88%), two multi-engine (4%), three jet (6%), and one helicopter (2%). [1]
On October 10, 2011, S.O.A.R. (Service Oriented Aviation Readiness) began service as the FBO.