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Logan County Airport (Illinois)

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Logan County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLogan County Board
LocationLincoln, Illinois
Elevation AMSL597 ft / 182 m
Coordinates40°09′31″N 089°20′06″W / 40.15861°N 89.33500°W / 40.15861; -89.33500
Map
AAA is located in Illinois
AAA
AAA
Location of airport in Illinois
AAA is located in the United States
AAA
AAA
AAA (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,999 1,219 Asphalt
14/32 3,003 915 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations7,000
Based aircraft34

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]

The airport has an FBO offering food and restrooms.[4]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2019, 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 13 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single-engine and 1 multi-engine airplane.[1][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for AAA 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
  4. ^ "Logan County FBO". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  5. ^ "AirNav: KAAA – Logan County Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-09-25.