Crawford County Airport

Crawford County Airport is a public use airport located 4 nmi east of the central business district of Robinson, a city in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the Crawford County Airport Authority and was formerly known as Robinson Municipal Airport. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RSV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

History
The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces during 1942/43 as an auxiliary airfield for George Army Airfield, near Lawrenceville, Illinois. It was known simply as George Army Airfield Auxiliary #4. The two runways in use today were built during that period.

The airport was used to help train medium bomber and transport pilots, who used it for emergencies or practiced touch-and-go landings. It was not manned, and at the end of World War II, it was simply abandoned; the land turned over to local authorities, like many other small auxiliary airfields.

In about 1951, Crawford County developed the current airport from the former military airfield.

Facilities and aircraft
Crawford County Airport covers an area of 432 acre at an elevation of 462 ft above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 5108 x and 17/35 is 3398 x.

The airport has a fixed-base operator offering full- and self-serve fuel. Line services include cargo handling, detailing, deicing, and ground handling. A lounge, snooze rooms, a flight planning kiosk, and courtesy cars are also available.

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2021, the airport had 11,300 aircraft operations, an average of 31 per day: 92% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time, there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 15 single-engine and 2 multi-engine airplanes. On March 31, 2023, RSV was hit by an EF3 tornado, completely destroying the airport facilities.

Accidents and incidents

 * On May 20, 1992, a Cessna 150 was destroyed while trying to land at Crawford County Airport in instrument meteorological conditions. The probable cause of the crash was found to be the pilot's decision to continue towards the airport in IMC.