Logan County Airport (Illinois)

For other airports with this name, see Logan Airport (disambiguation).
Logan County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KAAA – FAA LID: AAA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Logan County Board
Location Lincoln, Illinois
Elevation AMSL 597 ft / 182 m
Coordinates 40°09′31″N 089°20′06″W / 40.15861°N 89.33500°W / 40.15861; -89.33500
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,999 1,219 Asphalt
14/32 3,003 915 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 7,000
Based aircraft 34

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).

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]).

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]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, 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 34 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, and 3% helicopter.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for AAA (Form 5010 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

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