Mount Sterling Municipal Airport

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Mount Sterling Municipal Airport
Summary
Serves Mount Sterling, Illinois
Location Brown County, Illinois
Time zone UTC−06:00 (-6)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (-5)
Elevation  AMSL 734 ft / 224 m
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/365,9051,800Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft Movements3000

Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (FAA LID: I63) is a public use airport located 2 miles west of Mount Sterling, Illinois. The airport is publicly owned. [1]

Contents

The airport sees traffic from Dot Foods and its vendors as well as seasonal hunters, crop dusters, and medevac aircraft. [2]

Facilities and aircraft

Facilities

The airport has one runway: runway 18/36 is 5905 x 75 ft (1800 x 23 m) and is asphalt. [1] [3] [4] [5]

Self-serve fuel is available at the airport from Dot Foods. The airport is not regularly attended. [6] [7]

The airport received $1.5 million from the State of Illinois as part of its Rebuild Illinois program during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand a taxiway. The airport hoped that an expanded taxiway would allow aircraft to stay off the runway longer, especially by allowing them to taxi to the runway's end without needing to turn around on the runway. preventing runway incursions that might otherwise happen with short or confusing taxiways. The airport also hopes to expand hangar space in the coming years. [2] [8] [9]

Aircraft

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2020, the airport had an average of 57 aircraft operations per week, or roughly 3,000 per year. The traffic is 100% of general aviation. For the same time period, there are 10 aircraft based on the field: 9 single-engine and 1 jet. [3] [5]

Accidents and incidents

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "FAA Information about Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (I63)". airport-data.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  2. 1 2 "Mt. Sterling Welcomes Airport, Subdivision Expansions in Coming Year". WLDS. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  3. 1 2 "Airnav: I63 – Mount Sterling Municipal Airport". AirNav.com. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (I63)". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  5. 1 2 "I63 – Mount Sterling Municipal Airport". SkyVector. Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  6. ↑ "Airport". AirNav.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  7. ↑ "Airnav: Dot Foods at Mount Sterling Municipal Airport". AirNav.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  8. 1 2 "Mount Sterling Municipal Airport gets grant from state". WGEM News. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  9. ↑ "Mount Sterling airport upgrading taxiway with grant". Herald-Whig. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

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