Greensburg-Decatur County Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Greensburg

Greensburg, Indiana

Greensburg is a city in Decatur County, Indiana, United States. The population was counted at 11,492 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Decatur County....

, a city in Decatur County

Decatur County, Indiana

As of the census of 2000, there were 24,555 people, 9,389 households, and 6,882 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 people per square mile . There were 9,992 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile...

, Indiana

Indiana

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, United States

United States

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. The airport is owned by the Greensburg-Decatur County Board of Aviation Commissioners. It is also known as Greensburg Municipal Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Greensburg-Decatur County Airport covers an area of 30 acres (12.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 912 feet (278 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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 designated 18/36 which measures 3,433 by 40 feet (1,046 x 12 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 9,775 aircraft operations, an average of 26 per day: 99% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 1% air taxi

Air taxi

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, At that time there were 37 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine

Aircraft engine

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External links

• Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
  Indiana Department of Transportation
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