Logan County Airport (Illinois)

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Logan County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Logan County Board
Serves Lincoln, Illinois
Location Logan County, Illinois
Time zone UTC−06:00 (-6)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (-5)
Elevation  AMSL 597 ft / 182 m
Coordinates 40°09′31″N089°20′06″W / 40.15861°N 89.33500°W / 40.15861; -89.33500
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AAA
Location of airport in Illinois
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AAA
AAA (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
3/213,9991,219 Asphalt
14/323,003915 Turf
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations7,000
Based aircraft13

Logan County Airport( ICAO : KAAA, FAA LID : AAA) is a public use airport located 2.2 nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Lincoln, a city in Logan County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the Logan County Board. [1] The airport is also the site of the National Weather Service Central Illinois (Central Illinois Forecast Office).

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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AAA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA [2] (which assigned AAA to Anaa Airport in Anaa, French Polynesia [3] ).

The airport is home to the Heritage in Flight Museum, which focuses on preserving military displays. The airport is located in an authentic WWII barracks relocated from Camp Ellis. [4]

Facilities and aircraft

Logan County Airport covers an area of 218 acres (88 ha) at an elevation of 597 feet (182 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 3/21 with an asphalt pavement measuring 3,999 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m) and 14/32 with a turf surface measuring 3,003 x 135 ft (915 x 41 m). [1]

The airport has an FBO offering food and restrooms. [5]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2019, the airport had 7,000 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 80% general aviation, 19% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single-engine and 1 multi-engine airplane. [1] [6]

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for AAA PDF , effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KAAA - Lincoln, Illinois (Logan County Airport)
  3. ↑ Aviation Safety Network: AAA / NTGA - Anaa Airport, French Polynesia
  4. ↑ "Heritage In Flight Museum". destinationlogancountyil.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  5. ↑ "Logan County FBO". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  6. ↑ "AirNav: KAAA – Logan County Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  7. ↑ "Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing On I-55 Near Lincoln". WGLT. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  8. ↑ "Accident Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six N56793,". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  9. ↑ Hurtig, Sheridan; Lisitza, Sean (2023-03-30). "More information released after small plane crashes in Lincoln". CIProud.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
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