Grove Field

Grove Field (FAA LID: 1W1) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Camas, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States.[1] It is located near Lacamas Lake which has a seaplane base. Due to the closing of Evergreen Field, many aircraft have moved to Grove Field.

Grove Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPort of Camas - Washougal
ServesCamas, Washington
Elevation AMSL429 ft / 131 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 2,710 826 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations10,000
Based aircraft86

Facilities and aircraft

Grove Field covers an area of 23 acres (9.3 ha) which contains one runway (7/25) with a 2,710 x 40 ft (826 x 12 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 10,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day. At that time there were 86 aircraft based at this airport: 99% single-engine and 1% multi-engine.[1] Flight training, aircraft rental and minor maintenance services are available at Grove.[2]

History

The air field is named for Ward Grove who built the airfield in 1945. Grove moved to Vancouver, Washington in 1924 and learned to fly in Portland, Oregon at the Rankin Flying School operated by Tex Rankin. During World War II, Grove taught flying in California and returned to Clark County, Washington after the war. The Port of Camas-Washougal bought the airstrip from him in 1961 and in 1984, the Port Commission voted to name the field in his honor. Grove died in 1993.[3] A fire on October 6, 2014, did $1 million in damage to 10 hangars at the airport.[4][5]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 1W1 PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  2. "Camas Washougal Aviation Association - Services". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06.
  3. Jolotta, Pat, "Naming Clark County, Vancouver Historical Society, 1993, p. 24
  4. Hall, Kasia (October 14, 2014). "Grove Field Airport hanger fire sparked by electrical failure, fire investigators say. The mooneys Cessna 180 was lost in the fire which is a sad topic for all of them". The Oregonian. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. Hall, Kasia (October 6, 2014). "Fire crews respond to 2-alarm fire at at(sic) Grove Field Airport". The Oregonian. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
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