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This is a list of airports in Illinois (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as previously public-use airports, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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Schaumburg Regional Airport (FAA LID: 06C) is a public use airport located 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) northwest of Chicago [1] in the village of Schaumburg in Cook and DuPage counties, Illinois, United States. [2]
The airport was originally a grass airstrip built by Oliver Boyd Clow in the 1950s. By 1989 it was named the best privately owned, public-use airport in Illinois. [3] It was acquired by the Village of Bolingbrook in 2004. The village has expanded the airport, which includes a widened runway, additional taxiways, and landing glidepath lighting ...
The South Cargo Area was relocated in the 1980s from the airport's first air cargo facilities, located east of the terminal core, where Terminal 5 now stands. Many of the structures in this new cargo area then had to be rebuilt, again, to allow for the OMP and specifically runway 10R/28L; as a result, what is now called the South Cargo Area is ...
The airport opened in 1925 as Gauthier's Flying Field. It was named Pal-Waukee in November 1928 because of its location near the intersection of Palatine Road and Milwaukee Avenue. In 1953, the airport was purchased by George J. Priester, who developed the airport over the next 33 years, installing paved runways, lighting, hangars, and an air ...
Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington–Normal (IATA: BMI [2], ICAO: KBMI, FAA LID: BMI) is a public airport in McLean County, Illinois, [1] three miles east of Bloomington [1] and southeast of Normal. Owned by the Bloomington–Normal Airport Authority, [1] it is also known as Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA).
DuPage Airport sits on 1,200 acres (490 ha), and is the only general aviation airport in Illinois with four active runways, two ILS approaches, a 24-hour FAA air traffic control tower, and over 40 aviation and non-aviation support businesses. DPA also has an on-site U.S. Customs Office. A total of 110 employees are associated with the airport.