Marion Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: C17
Summary
Airport type	Public use
Owner	City of Marion - managed by Perry & Jan Walton
Serves	Marion, Iowa
Elevation  AMSL	862 ft / 263 m
Coordinates	42°01′47″N 091°31′54″W / 42.02972°N 91.53167°W / 42.02972; -91.53167
Map
C17 Location of airport in Iowa Show map of Iowa C17 C17 (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 3,775 1,151 Asphalt/turf
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 11,372 Based aircraft 51
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1]

Marion Airport ( FAA LID: C17) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three  nautical miles (6  km) east of the central business district of Marion, a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. ^[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Marion Airport covers an area of 40 acres (16 ha) at an elevation of 862 feet (263 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt and turf surface measuring 3,775 by 100 feet. The width has 26 feet of center pavement, with the remainder being turf. ^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2010, the airport had 11,372 aircraft operations, an average of 31 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single- engine, 8% helicopter, 8% ultralight, 6% multi-engine, and 2% glider. ^[1]

In October 2019 expansion started to extend the main runway to 3,775 ft. long. It was completed July 28, 2020. ^[2]

See also

• List of airports in Iowa

References

External links

• Marion Airport (C17) at Iowa DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of March 1990 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for C17
  • AirNav airport information for C17
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for C17