Monmouth Municipal Airport

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Monmouth Municipal Airport
Summary
OperatorCity of Monmouth, Illinois
Serves Monmouth, Illinois
Opened1922
Built1921
Time zone UTC−06:00 (-6)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (-5)
Elevation  AMSL 753 ft / 230 m
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
3/212,899884Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Based Aircraft5,000

Monmouth Municipal Airport (FAA LID: C66) is a civil, public use airport located two miles north of Monmouth, Illinois. The airport is publicly owned by the City of Monmouth. [1]

Contents

The airport hosts an annual fly-in breakfast on the 4th of July, which began in the 1980s. [2] [3]

History

The airport was founded in 1921 by a group known as the Aero Club. The Club raised money both from the community and the Curtiss-Iowa Aircraft Corporation. It is the oldest continuously operating airport in Illinois. [4] [5]

In 2019, a fire destroyed the airport's main hangar, destroying not only the hangar but also administrative building, airport documents, and eight of the ten aircraft stored there. The airport's plans for a new hangar was approved in 2021. The new hangar was completed in 2022 and opened for use in July of that year. [5] [6] [7]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has one runway: runway 3/21 is 2899 x 60 ft (884 x 18 m) and made of asphalt. [8] [9] [10]

The airport operates its own fixed-base operator, offering fuel; parking and hangars; and a courtesy car. Local pilots can take advantage of flight training and aircraft rental. Aerial photography services are also available. [4] [11]

In 2023, the airport began a project to upgrade its parking apron; to extend a water line out to a fire hydrant; and to put in a new entrance road and car parking lot. [12]

In the 12-month period ending July 31, 2019, 2022 airport had 96 airport operations per week, or about 5000 per year. These are 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. For the same time period, the airport had 11 based aircraft, all of which were single-engine airplanes. [8] [9]

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. ↑ "FAA Information about Monmouth Municipal Airport (C66)". airport-data.com. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  2. ↑ Crain, Kelsey (2023-06-29). "Annual Monmouth Municipal Airport Fly-In Breakfast on July 4th". Prairie Communications, LLC. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Fly-in Breakfast a Fourth tradition: Monmouth Municipal Airport (C66), Warren County, Illinois". Kathryn's Report. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  4. 1 2 "Airport". City of Monmouth. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  5. 1 2 "Historic documents, memorabilia burn to the ground at Monmouth airport". ABC 8 WQAD. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  6. ↑ "Monmouth airport hangar rebuilding moves forward". Review Atlas. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  7. ↑ "Monmouth's rebuilt airport hangar to open after 2019 fire". Tri States Public Radio. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  8. 1 2 "Airnav: C66 – Monmouth Municipal Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  9. 1 2 "C66 – Monmouth Municipal Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  10. ↑ "Monmouth Municipal Airport (C66)". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  11. ↑ "Airnav: Monmouth Municipal Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  12. ↑ Crain, Kelsey (2023-10-04). "Monmouth City Council Approves Bids to Complete Municipal Airport Projects". Prairie Communications, LLC. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  13. ↑ "Aircraft flips, lands upside down in Monmouth". The State Journal-Register. August 26, 2011. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  14. ↑ Wellner, Brian (2011-08-25). "Plane crashes at Monmouth airport". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

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