Posey Patch
IN3 · Mount Vernon, Indiana · Posey County · map
Posey Patch is a public-use ultralight field, 3 miles west of Mount Vernon, Indiana, 374 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 1,700 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IN3
- Kind
- Ultralight field · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 374 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1988
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 1,700 × 50 ft | Grass and dirt | |
| 09/27 | 1,300 × 100 ft | Grass and dirt |
- Runway 05: right-hand traffic pattern, building 20 ft high 245 ft from the end
- Runway 23: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 45 ft high 5 ft from the end
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 270 ft
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern, crops 10 ft high 15 ft from the end
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Mount Vernon from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Vernon, Indiana: 10 drones, 6 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this ultralight field; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this ultralight field 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 ultralight field NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this ultralight field.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided new runway threshold located in accordance with airspace ltr 84-AGL-377-NRA; ultralights only.
- Closed indefinitely.
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.