Chapman Memorial Field is a privately-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical mile

Nautical mile

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s (4 km

Kilometre

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) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Centerburg

Centerburg, Ohio

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, in Knox County

Knox County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Chapman Memorial Field covers an area of 40 acre

Acre

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s (16 ha

Hectare

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) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,180 feet (360 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 9/27 with a turf

Grass

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 surface measuring 3,200 by 80 feet (975 x 24 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 8, 2010, the airport had 4,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 6% multi-engine and 19% ultralight.

External links

• Aerial image as of 15 March 1995 from USGS The National Map