The club's field in the federal record: 3C1

ACTIVATED IN THE FEDERAL RECORD AUGUST 1964 · OPERATIONAL, NOVEMBER 2026

The record whole: The Mishawaka Pilots Club Airport flies in the federal record under identifier 3C1, and the record's first fact is the boundary this section keeps printing: its FAA associated city is Elkhart, its county Elkhart, its address 29580 County Road 20, Elkhart — three miles southwest of Elkhart, not in Mishawaka at all. The FAA Airport Master Record (5010), printed 10 November 2026 from data current 29 October 2026, reads: privately owned, open to the public, elevation 755 feet, 69 acres, attended irregularly, CTAF 122.9, fuel none, last inspected 26 October 2023, status in the November 2026 federal display — operational. Its runways are 03/21, 2,243 by 40 feet of asphalt in good condition with displaced thresholds at both ends, and 12/30, 3,140 by 100 feet of turf in excellent condition, its thresholds displaced 690 and 520 feet against the trees. The manager of record is Chris Ringos of the field's own address. It is a working general-aviation field of two runways and no fuel, and it is the largest piece of aviation plant that has ever carried Mishawaka's name.

The dates and names, unreconciled on purpose: Three dates attach to this field and they are three different events, printed separately because collapsing them is how the record gets falsified: the club founded in 1947 (the club's own history); the club settled on this land in 1957 (the Tribune, 2012); the field's activation in the federal record is August 1964. The owner's name conflicts in the open: the current federal record gives the owner of record as AIRPORT REALITY BOARD — printed exactly as the record spells it — while the Tribune of 2012 gives the Airport Realty Corp. the members formed, and the club's encyclopedia entry's owner line repeats the federal form, "Airport Reality Board," garble and all. The acreage conflicts with them: 69 acres in the federal record against "more than 100 acres" in the Tribune of 2012. And the airplane count the club publishes for itself — approximately 65 based airplanes — appears in no current federal record reached; the Master Record print carries no based-aircraft block for this field, and the full NASR record is the settling source. Each figure stands under its own source's name, and none is averaged into another.

Sources:

1. FAA Airport Master Record (5010) for 3C1, via the AirportIQ 5010 report router — print date 10 November 2026, data current 29 October 2026: owner of record "AIRPORT REALITY BOARD," 29580 County Road 20, Elkhart; manager Chris Ringos; public use; 69 acres; elevation 755 feet; runways 03/21 (2,243 × 40 ft asphalt) and 12/30 (3,140 × 100 ft turf), thresholds and obstructions as printed; last inspection 26 October 2023.
2. FAA NFDC airport display, chart cycle 29 October – 26 November 2026 — status operational in November 2026. AirNav, FAA information effective 22 January 2026 — activation date August 1964.
3. South Bend Tribune, 25 November 2012 — "Airport Realty Corp.," more than 100 acres, the 1957 settlement: the conflicting name and acreage, printed whole.
4. Wikipedia, "Mishawaka Pilots Club Airport" — the "Airport Reality Board" owner line and the approximately-65-airplanes club figure, each labeled to its carrier.