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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Rantoul is Township 21 North, Range 9 East and part of Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 49.64 square miles (128.6 km 2), of which 49.54 square miles (128.3 km 2) (or 99.80%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km 2) (or 0.22%) is water.
WQQB. WQQB (96.1 MHz) is a Top 40 / CHR FM radio station licensed to Rantoul, Illinois and serving the Champaign / Urbana radio market. It is owned by SJ Broadcasting LLC, headed by Stevie Jay Khachaturian, with radio studios and offices on Boulder Drive in Urbana. WQQB calls itself "Q96.1 - All The Hits!"