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Eagle Creek Airpark is a general aviation reliever airport on the western edge of Indianapolis, Indiana, some seven nautical miles from the city's business district. It offers a single, well-equipped hard-surface runway with an ILS approach and serves a busy mix of piston, twin and light jet traffic operating in the shadow of Indianapolis International Airport's airspace.
Eagle Creek Airpark, identified as KEYE (FAA LID: EYE), is a public-use general aviation airport on the western outskirts of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is owned by the Indianapolis Airport Authority and functions as a reliever airport for Indianapolis International, taking general aviation traffic that would otherwise use the larger field. The airpark is a busy single-runway facility with a fixed-base operator handling business and piston aircraft, making it a practical and interesting destination for a visiting VFR or instrument pilot exploring the Indianapolis area.
The airfield lies about seven nautical miles west of downtown Indianapolis, within the wider Indianapolis terminal airspace and under the umbrella of Indianapolis Approach/Departure. It sits close to Eagle Creek Park, a large public park after which the airfield is named, though the two are separate entities with no operational connection. Given its proximity to Indianapolis International Airport, pilots should expect to operate in coordination with Indianapolis terminal control when transiting or arriving in the vicinity.
Eagle Creek Airpark has a single physical runway, 03/21, measuring 4,196 feet, with a hard surface and runway lighting. Runway 21 is equipped with an ILS approach, giving the field a usable instrument let-down from the northeast alignment. Field elevation is 817 feet.
Air-to-ground communications at the field are on 119.05 MHz, which also serves as the frequency for Indianapolis Approach/Departure. The ASOS automated weather observing frequency is 121.575 MHz, and clearance delivery is available on 128.6 MHz. UNICOM/CTAF is on 122.8 MHz. The field's ILS approach serves runway 21.
Eagle Creek Park, a large and distinctive area of open water and woodland, lies adjacent to the airpark and serves as a useful landmark for pilots orienting themselves toward the field from the Indianapolis area.
Eagle Creek Airpark covers some 315 acres and supports a substantial general aviation population, with roughly 86 aircraft based there as of late 2023, comprising mostly single-engine types alongside multi-engine aircraft, a handful of jets and one ultra-light. The airport recorded around 20,874 aircraft operations in 2019, averaging 57 per day, the large majority general aviation with a smaller proportion of air taxi flights. Jet Access Eagle Creek operates as the field's fixed-base operator and is an authorised service centre for Cessna Citation, Cirrus Design and Twin Commander aircraft, as well as one of a small number of US service centres for the Embraer Phenom, reflecting the field's role in supporting business aviation alongside flight training and private flying.'
