# Whelen Airport (6IN2)

**Whelen Airport** (FAA: 6IN2) is a small airport in Waldron, Indiana, United States. It opened in Jul 1999. It has one runway, 2,600 ft (793 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/6in2

## At a glance

- FAA: 6IN2
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Waldron, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Jul 1999
- Elevation: 870 ft / 265 m
- Coordinates: 39.4936, -85.6486
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 ft / 793 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35319397
- Weather station: KGEZ
- Ident: 6IN2

## Timeline

- Jul 1999: Whelen Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,600 ft / 793 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,600 ft / 793 m | =19,572 of 29,858 | =8,307 in North America | =7,090 in US |
| Elevation | 870 ft / 265 m | =20,038 of 43,403 | =9,214 in North America | =7,512 in US |
| Age | Opened 1999 | =11,027 of 15,079 | =8,642 in North America | =8,524 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [70II](https://dromopedia.com/airports/70ii.md) Nasby Airport · 2.8 mi / 4.5 km
- [6IN4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6in4.md) Fischer Field · 3.3 mi / 5.3 km
- [1II0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ii0.md) Webster Airport · 6.6 mi / 11 km
- [II71](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ii71.md) Smith Airport · 7.6 mi / 12 km
- [93IN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/93in.md) Foltz Farm Airport · 8.1 mi / 13 km
- [IN49](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in49.md) Pherigo Airport · 8.3 mi / 13 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/6in2/data