Wolfe Field
IN65 · Shipshewana, Indiana · Lagrange County · map
Wolfe Field is a private airport owned by Shipshewana Air Assoc, 1 mile northwest of Shipshewana, Indiana, 896 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IN65
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Shipshewana Air Assoc
- Elevation
- 896 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- IREG, IREG, irreg
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1960
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,600 × 200 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kirsch Municipal (10 nm northeast), Goshen Municipal (13 nm southwest), Three Rivers Muni/Dr Haines Airport (16 nm north), Elkhart Municipal (18 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kirsch Municipal (10 nm northeast), Goshen Municipal (13 nm southwest), Three Rivers Muni/Dr Haines Airport (16 nm north), Elkhart Municipal (18 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Indiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Heavy agricultureal aircraft activity may through october.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Shipshewana from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Shipshewana, Indiana: 13 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 glider, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Shipshewana 16 aircraft · 13 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 gliders
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,367 since 1982 · 179 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IN65.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 12, 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.