Drake Airport
47IA · Radcliffe, Iowa · Hardin County · map
Drake Airport is a private airport, 1 mile east of Radcliffe, Iowa, 1,179 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,480 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 47IA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,179 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,480 × 90 ft | Grass, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 09: trees 55 ft high 372 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Radcliffe from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Radcliffe, Iowa: 3 piston singles, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided approach to each runway is maintained for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the transitional surface be maintained for a 7:1 slope.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - 122.8.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; solid clear; thld lights solid green.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.