Monmouth Municipal Airport

Monmouth Municipal Airport (FAA LID: C66) is a civil, public use airport located two miles north of Monmouth, Illinois. The airport is publicly owned by the City of Monmouth.

The airport hosts an annual fly-in breakfast on the 4th of July, which began in the 1980s.

History
The airport was founded in 1921 by a group known as the Aero Club. The Club raised money both from the community and the Curtiss-Iowa Aircraft Corporation. It is the oldest continuously operating airport in Illinois.

In 2019, a fire destroyed the airport's main hangar, destroying not only the hangar but also administrative building, airport documents, and eight of the ten aircraft stored there. The airport's plans for a new hangar was approved in 2021. The new hangar was completed in 2022 and opened for use in July of that year.

Facilities and aircraft
The airport has one runway: runway 3/21 is 2899 x 60 ft (884 x 18 m) and made of asphalt.

The airport operates its own fixed-base operator, offering fuel; parking and hangars; and a courtesy car. Local pilots can take advantage of flight training and aircraft rental. Aerial photography services are also available.

In 2023, the airport began a project to upgrade its parking apron; to extend a water line out to a fire hydrant; and to put in a new entrance road and car parking lot.

In the 12-month period ending July 31, 2019, 2022 airport had 96 airport operations per week, or about 5000 per year. These are 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. For the same time period, the airport had 11 based aircraft, all of which were single-engine airplanes.

Accidents and incidents

 * On August 25, 2011, a single-engine airplane flipped over while landing at the Monmouth Municipal Airport. The pilot reported he hit the brakes too hard, causing the aircraft to flip over.