Lowell Airport
C97 · Lowell, Indiana · Lake County · map
Lowell Airport is a public-use airport, 5 miles southwest of Lowell, Indiana, 672 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,041 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C97
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 672 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1980
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,041 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 775 ft, crops on the approach
- Runway 36: crops on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Kankakee and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 |
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Aircraft registered in Lowell from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Lowell, Indiana: 10 piston singles, 4 drones, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided all traffic pattern operations are rstrd to west side of the north/south runway.
- Crops 75 feet east and 87 feet west of centerline.
- White barrel halves and light fixtures.
- White barrel halves and light fixtures.
- Approach slope 15:1 from displaced threshold; 65 feet tree 985 feet and 110 feet R.
- Snow removal and mowing with large tractor.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.