Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport

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Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport
Summary
Owner/OperatorCity of Pittsfield, Illinois
Serves Pittsfield, Illinois
Location Pike County, Illinois
Time zone UTC−06:00 (-6)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (-5)
Elevation  AMSL 710 ft / 216 m
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
13/314,0001,219Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft Movements7,000

Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPPQ, FAA: PPQ) is a public-use civil airport in Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the City of Pittsfield and is located between the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. The airport is classified as a general aviation facility by the Federal Aviation Administration. [1] [2]

Contents

Wildlife has been known to live on and around the airport, and trophy hunting has proved a major use of the airport. [3] [4]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has one runway: runway 13/31 is 4000 feet x 60 feet and is made of asphalt. The airport is at an elevation of 710 feet and covers 300 acres. [5] [6] [7] [8]

For the yearlong period ending April 30, 2021, the airport had 134 aircraft operations per week, totaling nearly 7,000 per year: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and 1% military. The airport has no major commercial service. In this time period there were 10 aircraft based on the field: 7 single engine and 2 multi-engine airplanes as well as 1 jet. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport – PPQ – Pittsfield, IL (Address and Phone)". www.countyoffice.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. ↑ "Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport". www.hutchisoneng.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  3. ↑ "Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport – PITTSFIELD PENSTONE MUNI PPQ – Pittsfield IL, USA". Globalair.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  4. ↑ "Airport – City of Pittsfield, Illinois". December 1, 2010. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "AOPA Airports". www.aopa.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  6. ↑ "FAA Information about Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (PPQ)". www.airport-data.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  7. ↑ "Airport & FBO Info for KPPQ PITTSFIELD PENSTONE MUNI PITTSFIELD IL". Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  8. ↑ "Pittsfield Penstone Muni Airport Overview and FBOs (Pittsfield, IL) [KPPQ/PPQ]". FlightAware. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  9. ↑ "AirNav: KPPQ – Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport". www.airnav.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  10. ↑ "PPQ – Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2022-06-22.

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