Benton Municipal Airport

Benton Municipal Airport

USGS aerial image - 6 April 1998
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: H96
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Benton
Serves Benton, Illinois
Elevation AMSL 444 ft / 135 m
Coordinates 38°00′24″N 088°56′04″W / 38.00667°N 88.93444°W / 38.00667; -88.93444
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 8,000
Based aircraft 10

Benton Municipal Airport (FAA LID: H96) is a city-owned public-use airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of the central business district of Benton, a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Benton Municipal Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 444 feet (135 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).[1] The runway was expanded in 2003; it previously measured 2,720 by 60 feet (829 x 18 m).[3]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 9 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for H96 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 27 August 2009.
  2. ↑ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "Benton Municipal Airport (H96)". Federal Aviation Administration via AirNav. Effective 15 May 2003. Archived from the original on 20 June 2003. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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