Lansing Municipal Airport
Coordinates: 41°32′06″N 087°31′46″W / 41.535°N 87.52944°W
| Lansing Municipal Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KIGQ – FAA LID: IGQ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Village of Lansing | ||
| Serves | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Location | Lansing, Illinois | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 620 ft / 189 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 9/27 | 3,395 | 1,035 | Asphalt |
| 18/36 | 4,002 | 1,220 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2004) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 54,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 173 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Lansing Municipal Airport (ICAO: KIGQ, FAA LID: IGQ) is a public airport located 21 miles (34 km) south of Chicago, in Lansing, a village in Cook County, Illinois, USA. It is owned by the Village of Lansing.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Lansing Municipal Airport is assigned IGQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Lansing Municipal Airport covers an area of 560 acres (230 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 3,395 x 75 ft (1,035 x 23 m) and 18/36: 4,002 x 75 ft (1,220 x 23 m).[1] It also houses a blimp base which launches 1/4 of the blimps that cover Chicago sporting events.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2004, the airport had 54,000 aircraft operations, an average of 147 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi. There are 173 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% jet, 3% helicopter, 2% ultralight.[1] and 2% blimp
[edit] Incidents
- On July 24, 1966, a Beechcraft Bonanza bound for Lansing Municipal Airport crashed on a nearby golf course. The pilot and all three passengers were killed. On board the plane was professional golfer Tony Lema and his wife.
- On October 14, 2004, a Cessna 172 inbound for Runway 27, at 5:57 a.m., fell short due to bad weather and poor visibility. Nobody was injured.
- On March 9, 2007 a small plane crashed after takeoff from the airport at 7:30 pm. 2 people died. The plane crashed on Calumet Avenue in Munster, Indiana about 1 mile (1.6 km) away from the airport.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for IGQ (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KIGQ - Chicago, Illinois (Lansing Municipal Airport)
[edit] External links
- Lansing Municipal Airport (official site)
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KIGQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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