# Creve Coeur Airport

Creve Coeur Airport (FAA LID: 1H0) is a public use airport in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. It is four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Creve Coeur. The airport is located in the city of Maryland Heights and is named for Creve Coeur Lake.
This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport. The airport is home to the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum which has a large collection of airworthy vintage and veteran light aircraft types, mainly from the 1930s.

## Facilities and aircraft

Creve Coeur Airport covers an area of 400 acres (162 ha) at an elevation of 463 feet (141 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 16/34 is 4,500 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 7/25 is 3,120 by 220 feet (951 x 67 m) with a turf surface.
The airport has a fixed-base operator that sells fuel. Services such as general maintenance and courtesy cars are available; there are also amenities such as internet, conference rooms, pilot supplies, and more.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 60,476 aircraft operations, an average of 166 per day: 99.2% general aviation, 0.7% air taxi, and <0.1% military. At that time there were 118 aircraft based at this airport: 140 single-engine aircraft, 9 multi-engine aircraft, 1 jet aircraft, and 1 helicopter.

## Accidents and incidents

* On September 28, 2002, a Jonas Nieuport executed a forced landing shortly after takeoff from the Creve Coeur airport. The pilot reported that, during the short flight, the engine cylinder head temperature began to rise and the engine began to lose power. The aircraft did not have enough altitude to return to the airport, so the pilot elected to make a precautionary landing in a dirt field. In the investigation it was found that that the carburetor jets were not the proper size for the engine, resulting in a lean mixture and hot engine. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the installation of improper carburetor jets resulting in an improper fuel mixture and loss of engine power.
* On July 11, 2004, an experimental Spiker Rotorway 162F helicopter rolled onto its side during an engine runup at the Creve Coeur airport. The student pilot onboard reported he was performing the runup to check the engine's engine and drive trained; however, he reported that the entire aircraft became airborne after he applied collective throttle. The pilot immediately lowered the collective to settle back to the ground, but the aircraft was already rolling left. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the inadvertent dynamic rollover of the helicopter after the helicopter became airborne during an engine run-up.
* On April 8, 2010, an American Champion Citabria crashed while performing touch-and-go landings on a training flight at the Creve Coeur airport. After several successful laps in the pattern, the instructor onboard pulled the carburetor heat and then set power to idle to simulate an engine failure. The student flying did not abort the attempted landing even when it became apparent that a safe landing was not possible; though the instructor called for and subsequently attempted a go-around, the airplane landed hard, damaging the landing gear and the right wingtip. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot's failure to go-around during a simulated engine failure and the instructor pilot's delay in remedial actions.