University of Illinois Willard Airport

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University of Illinois Willard Airport
IATA: CMI - ICAO: KCMI - FAA: CMI
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Serves		Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Elevation AMSL		754 ft (229.8 m)
Coordinates		40°02′21″N, 88°16′41″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
4/22	6,500	1,981	Concrete
14L/32R	8,100	2,469	Concrete
14R/32L	3,817	1,163	Asphalt
18/36	5,299	1,615	Concrete

University of Illinois Willard Airport (IATA: CMI, ICAO: KCMI, FAA LID: CMI) is an airport owned and operated by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign located in Tolono Township, just south of Savoy, Illinois, a small village that is part of the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area. It serves the greater Champaign-Urbana area and most of East Central Illinois. The airport is also served by the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District. It was named for former University of Illinois president Arthur Cutts Willard.

Visitors from around the world frequently fly into Champaign-Urbana in order to collaborate with researchers at the university or to conduct business with companies in the university's research park. However, many airlines have chosen to serve Central Illinois through the Bloomington-Normal airport instead. Due to the lack of U.S. immigration and customs facilities, no international flights are offered, and the additional price airlines charge to fly to Willard Airport compared to a major hub like Chicago's O'Hare Airport ensures that budget-minded travellers use surface transport to reach Champaign County.

Willard Airport is home to the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation, which is a major research facility at the university. It has the distinction of being one of the few University-owned research airports. The Institute of Aviation is ranked amongst the top 10 programs in the nation, and the Institute's facilities have won numerous prestigious awards.

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Facilities 3 Airlines and destinations 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Trivia

Willard Airport received its 15 minutes of fame on January 28, 1998. President Bill Clinton was in Champaign-Urbana for a speaking engagement at Assembly Hall and arrived at Willard Airport on Air Force One. Due to the breaking story, news media descended on Champaign-Urbana. After the engagement, just prior to takeoff, the Boeing 707 acting as Air Force One got stuck in the mud, the taxiway not being designed for aircraft as wide as the Boeing 707. Many news broadcasts that evening carried live video feed of the Presidential aircraft stuck at Willard Airport. [1]

[edit] Facilities

Willard Airport covers 1,799 acres and has four runways:

• Runway 4/22: 6,500 x 150 ft. (1,981 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
• Runway 14L/32R: 8,100 x 150 ft. (2,469 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete, ILS equipped.
• Runway 14R/32L: 3,817 x 75 ft. (1,163 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 18/36: 5,299 x 150 ft. (1,615 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• American Airlines
  • American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
• Northwest Airlines
  • Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit)

[edit] References

• Willard Airport (official web site)
• FAA Airport Master Record (Form 5010) for CMI, also available as a printable form (PDF)

[edit] External links

• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KCMI
  • ASN Accident history for KCMI
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS current and historical weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCMI