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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Statistics (2005) | |||||||||||
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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]
Facilities and aircraft
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.[2]
References
External links
- 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