Hillsboro Municipal Airport (Illinois)
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Hillsboro, IL | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hillsboro, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 637 ft / 194 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°08′40″N 089°27′25″W / 39.14444°N 89.45694°W | ||||||||||
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Hillsboro Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 3K4) was a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Hillsboro, a city in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States.[1]
The closest existing airport is Litchfield Municipal Airport. For commercial service, the community of Hillsboro is served by St. Louis Lambert International and Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Hillsboro Municipal Airport covered an area of 30 acres (12 ha) at an elevation of 637 feet (194 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 18/36 with a turf surface measuring 4,150 by 200 feet (1,265 x 61 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2005, the airport had 3,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 250 per month. At that time there were 8 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]
In 2008, the airport was closed and the ground leased to a local coal mining operation.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 3K4 PDF, effective 2008-07-31.
- ^ "Hillsboro 2030 Strategic Plan" (PDF). City of Hillsboro, Illinois. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ The State Journal-Register/Associated Press June 9, 2015, "Small-Town airstrips closing a number of pilots declines"
External links
[edit]- Aerial photo as of April 1998 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 3K4
- AirNav airport information for 3K4
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 3K4