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Added to NRHP. July 14, 2006. Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul, Illinois, about 130 miles (210 km) south of Chicago. Its primary mission throughout its existence was Air Force technical training.
Archived 2015-07-01 (Calendar) at the Wayback Machine. The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, the largest aviation museum in Illinois, [citation needed] occupied part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois. It and the base were named for Octave Chanute, railroad engineer and aviation pioneer.
Rantoul, IL. / 40.31194°N 88.15889°W / 40.31194; -88.15889. Rantoul station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Rantoul, Illinois, United States, on their Illini and Saluki service. It was originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad. The City of New Orleans also uses these tracks, but does not stop.
A post office was established in 1856 as Rantoul Station; the name was changed to Rantoul in May 1862. [4] In 1917, Rantoul was chosen by the United States Army to be the site of Chanute Field, [6] due to its proximity to the Illinois Central railroad and the War Department's ground school at the University of Illinois. In the 1930s, Chanute ...
Fort Sheridan, Highwood, Illinois (closed 1993) Fort Arlington, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Green River Ordnance Plant. Haley Army Airfield. Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Joliet, Illinois. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois. Savanna Army Depot, Savanna, Illinois (Closed circa 2000)
When the United States entered World War I, only the North Island field was a usable military airfield. Essington had been a quarantine station and Mineola, an exposition ground. In May 1917, construction began on Wilbur Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio. Soon afterward, Chanute Field opened at Rantoul, Illinois, as did Selfridge Field near ...
Rantoul National Aviation Center covers an area of 1,192 acres (482 ha) and contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 5,001 by 75 ft (1,524 by 23 m) and 18/36 measuring 4,894 by 75 ft (1,492 by 23 m). For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2020, the airport had 20,000 aircraft operations, an average of 55 per day: all general aviation.
27,682 (2021) Website. Champaign County Area Rural Transit System. Champaign County Area Rural Transit System, or C-CARTS is the primary provider of mass transportation in Champaign County, Illinois, with routes serving the Rantoul area. As of 2021, the system provided 27,682 rides over 6,915 annual vehicle revenue hours.