Hardwick Field
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Hardwick Field
| nativename = Cleveland Municipal Airport
| image =
| IATA =
| ICAO = KHDI
| FAA = HDI
| type = Public
| opened = 1955
| closed = {{end date|2013|12|31}}
| owner = City of Cleveland
| operator =
| city-served = Cleveland, Tennessee
| location = 405 Airport Rd NW
Cleveland, Tennessee 37312
| elevation-f = 874
| elevation-m = 266
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|35|13|12|N|084|49|57|W|region:US-TN_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Tennessee
| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Tennessee
| pushpin_label = KHDI
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 3/21
| r1-length-f = 3,300
| r1-length-m = 1,006
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 1999
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 12,197
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 40
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=HDI|use=PU|own=PU|site=22906.*A}}, effective 2007-10-25
}}
Hardwick Field {{Airport codes||KHDI|HDI}}, also known as Cleveland Municipal Airport, was a public airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Cleveland, in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. It opened in 1955 and was owned by the City of Cleveland.
Although most U.S. airports used the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Hardwick Field was assigned HDI by the FAA but had no designation from the IATA.[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KHDI Great Circle Mapper: KHDI - Cleveland, Tennessee (Hardwick Field)]
Cleveland Regional Jetport opened on January 25, 2013, approximately two miles east of Hardwick Field, and consists of a 6,200 foot by 100 foot runway.{{cite web |url=http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00464 |title=New Jetport Becomes Front Door to Tennessee Business Region |last1=Gerber |first1=Greg |date=March 2013 |website=AirportImprovement.com |publisher=Airport Improvement Magazine |access-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320053258/http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00464 |archive-date=20 March 2014 }} It was created to replace Hardwick Field, which closed on December 31, 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/24302665/article-Cleveland-s-Hardwick-Field-officially-closes-Tuesday-closes-Tuesday?instance=main_article |title=Cleveland's Hardwick Field officially closes Tuesday closes Tuesday |last1=Love |first1=Joyanna |last2= |first2= |date=December 29, 2013 |work=Cleveland Daily Banner |access-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317004733/http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/24302665/article-Cleveland-s-Hardwick-Field-officially-closes-Tuesday-closes-Tuesday?instance=main_article |archive-date=17 March 2014 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/dec/27/clevelands-hardwick-field-to-close-at-years-end/ |title=Cleveland's oldest airport, Hardwick Field, to close at year's end |last1=Leach |first1=Paul |last2= |first2= |date=December 27, 2013 |work=Chattanooga Times Free Press |accessdate=16 March 2014}}
Facilities and aircraft
Hardwick Field covered an area of {{convert|103|acre|ha}} which contained one asphalt paved runway (3/21) measuring 3,300 x 75 ft (1,006 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending March 4, 1999, the airport had 12,197 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi and <1% military. There were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 60% single-engine, 38% multi-engine and 3% jet.
References
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External links
- {{US-airport-minor|HDI}}
Category:Airports in Tennessee
Category:Buildings and structures in Bradley County, Tennessee
Category:Transportation in Bradley County, Tennessee
Category:Airports established in 1955
Category:Defunct airports in Tennessee
Category:2013 disestablishments in Tennessee
Category:1955 establishments in Tennessee
Category:Airports disestablished in 2013
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