St. Louis Downtown Airport

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St. Louis Downtown Airport
IATA: CPS - ICAO: KCPS - FAA: CPS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Bi-State Development Agency
Serves		Cahokia, Illinois
Elevation AMSL		413 ft (125.9 m)
Coordinates		38°34′15″N, 90°09′22″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12R/30L	6,997	2,133	Asphalt
12L/30R	3,800	1,158	Concrete
4/22	2,799	853	Asphalt

St. Louis Downtown Airport (IATA: CPS, ICAO: KCPS, FAA LID: CPS) is a public airport located in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, one mile (2 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Cahokia, in St. Clair County, Illinois, USA.

The airport opened in 1929 as Curtiss-Steinberg Airport. In 1940 it was renamed Curtiss-Parks Airport, followed by Parks Metropolitan Airport later that same year. The airport closed in 1959 and reopened six years later as Bi-State Parks Airport. It was renamed St. Louis Downtown-Parks Airport in 1984 and received its current name in 1999.

[edit] Facilities

St. Louis Downtown Airport covers 940 acres and has three runways:

• Runway 12R/30L: 6,997 x 100 ft. (2,133 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 12L/30R: 3,800 x 75 ft. (1,158 x 23 m), Surface: Concrete
• Runway 4/22: 2,799 x 75 ft. (853 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt

[edit] References

• St. Louis Downtown Airport (official web site)
• FAA Airport Master Record for CPS (Form 5010 PDF)

[edit] External links

• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF)

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KCPS
  • ASN Accident history for KCPS
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCPS