Hillsboro Municipal Airport (Illinois)

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Hillsboro Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Hillsboro, IL
ServesHillsboro, Illinois
Elevation AMSL637 ft / 194 m
Coordinates39°08′40″N 089°27′25″W / 39.14444°N 89.45694°W / 39.14444; -89.45694
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 4,150 1,265 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations3,000
Based aircraft8

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]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 3K4 PDF, effective 2008-07-31.
  2. ^ "Hillsboro 2030 Strategic Plan" (PDF). City of Hillsboro, Illinois. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  3. ^ The State Journal-Register/Associated Press June 9, 2015, "Small-Town airstrips closing a number of pilots declines"

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