Indian Lake Airport is a privately owned, closed airport located in Indian Lake, Pennsylvania

Indian Lake, Pennsylvania

Indian Lake is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 394 at the 2010 census, down from 450 in 2000...

, United States

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The airport was constructed in 1966 to serve the new, growing community of Indian Lake. In its original configuration, it had a single paved northeast-southwest runway (4/22) measuring 3000 feet (914.4 m). By 1975, the northwest-southeast runway, 14/32, had been added. The original runway was abandoned by 1993, and the entire airport was closed in 1999. As of 2006, the airport was listed for sale for US$7,000,000.

Accidents

According to FAA records, there has been only one fatal accident involving Indian Lake Airport. On June 13, 1968, a student pilot attempting to land in instrument meteorological conditions

Instrument meteorological conditions

Instrument meteorological conditions is an aviation flight category that describes weather conditions that require pilots to fly primarily by reference to instruments, and therefore under Instrument Flight Rules , rather than by outside visual references under Visual Flight Rules . Typically, this...

crashed north of the airport. The NTSB concluded that the pilot had attempted operation beyond his ability level and experienced spatial disorientation.