Greenville Airport

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Greenville Airport
IATA: GRE – ICAO: KGRE – FAA: GRE
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Greenville Airport Authority
Serves		Greenville, Illinois
Elevation AMSL		541 ft / 165 m
Coordinates		38°50′10″N 089°22′42″W / 38.83611, -89.37833
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	4,002	1,220	Asphalt
9/27	3,200	975	Turf
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			25,000
Based aircraft			43
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Greenville Airport (IATA: GRE, ICAO: KGRE, FAA LID: GRE) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Greenville, a city in Bond County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the Greenville Airport Authority.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Greenville Airport covers an area of 492 acres (199 ha) which contains two runways: 18/36 with a 4,002 x 75 ft. (1,220 x 23 m) asphalt pavement and 9/27 with a 3,200 x 250 ft. (975 x 76 m) turf surface.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 25,000 aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day: 88% general aviation, 8% air taxi and 4% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 19% ultralight.^[1]