Dacy Airport

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Dacy Airport
Summary
Owner/OperatorDacy Airport, LLC
Serves Harvard, Illinois
Location McHenry County, Illinois
Opened1940s
Time zone UTC−06:00 (-6)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (-5)
Elevation  AMSL 913 ft / 278 m
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
9/273,5891,094Turf
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft Movements20,000

The Dacy Airport (FAA LID: 0C0) is a privately owned, public-use airport located 1 mile southwest Harvard, Illinois. [1] [2]

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History

Dacy Airport was founded just after World War 2 by B-24 Bomber chief John Dacy and his wife Elsie. The two have since been inducted into the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame. The airport features flight training services along with aircraft maintenance facilities that can perform major repairs and overhauls. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has three turf runways. Runway 9/27 measures 3589 x 105 ft (1094 x 32 m); runway 14/32 measures 2633 x 100 ft (803 x 30 m); runway 18/36 measures 2577 x 120 ft (785 x 37 m). [7] [8] [9]

The airport operates its own fixed-based operator (FBO), offering parking and hangars, fuel aircraft rental, a pilot's lounge, work stations, and flight instruction. [10]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2022, the airport averages 55 aircraft operations per day, or roughly 20,000 per year. All are general aviation, split evenly between transient and local traffic. For that same time period, there are 34 aircraft based on the field: 32 single-engine and 2 multi-engine airplanes. [7] [10] [11]

Accidents and incidents

Ground transportation

While no public transit service is provided directly to the airport, Pace provides bus service nearby.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "FAA Information about Dacy Airport". airport-data.com. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Dacy Airport". Airports-Worldwide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Dacy Airport – Airport History". Dacy Airport. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  4. ↑ "John Dacy: 1915 - 2007". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  5. ↑ "John Dacy Obituary (2007)". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  6. ↑ "Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame Members". Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame.
  7. 1 2 "Airnav: 0C0 – Dacy Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  8. ↑ "Dacy Airport – 0C0 – AOPA Airports". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  9. ↑ "Dacy Airport – 0C0 – Airport Guide". AirportGuide. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  10. 1 2 "Dacy Airport Overview and FBO". FlightAware. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  11. ↑ "0C0 – Dacy Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  12. ↑ Borcia, Sam (2022-08-26). "Pilot uninjured after plane rolls over during crash at airport near Harvard". Lake and McHenry County Scanner. Retrieved 2023-02-13.

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