St. Louis Metro-East Airport Shafer Field
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: IL48
Summary
Airport type	Private-use
Owner	Edward B. Shafer
Serves	St. Jacob, Illinois
Elevation AMSL	477 ft / 145 m
Coordinates	38°43′58″N 089°48′24″W / 38.73278°N 89.80667°W / 38.73278; -89.80667
Map
IL48 Location of airport in Illinois Show map of Illinois IL48 IL48 (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 2,662 811 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 52,000 Based aircraft 42
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

St. Louis Metro-East Airport (FAA LID: IL48), also known as Shafer Field, is a private use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of St. Jacob, in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is privately owned by Edward B. Shafer.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft

St. Louis Metro-East Airport covers an area of 29 acres (12 ha) and contains one runway designated 13/31 with a 2,662 x 50 ft (811 x 15 m) asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2018, the airport had 52,000 aircraft operations, an average of 142 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 2 aircraft based at this airport: 1 glider and 1 ultralight.^[1][2]

Accidents and incidents

• On July 2, 2022, a Piper Comanche 250 crashed after takeoff from Metro-East. One passenger died at the scene, while the pilot was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.^[3]