| Lansing Municipal Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KIGQ – FAA LID: IGQ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Village of Lansing | ||
| Serves | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Location | Lansing, Illinois | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 620 ft / 189 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 9/27 | 3,395 | 1,035 | Asphalt |
| 18/36 | 4,002 | 1,220 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2004) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 54,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 173 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Lansing Municipal Airport (ICAO: KIGQ, FAA LID: IGQ) is a public airport located 21 miles (34 km) south of Chicago, in Lansing, a village in Cook County, Illinois, USA. It is owned by the Village of Lansing.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Lansing Municipal Airport is assigned IGQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
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Lansing Municipal Airport covers an area of 560 acres (230 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 3,395 x 75 ft (1,035 x 23 m) and 18/36: 4,002 x 75 ft (1,220 x 23 m).[1] It also houses a blimp base which launches 1/4 of the blimps that cover Chicago sporting events.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2004, the airport had 54,000 aircraft operations, an average of 147 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi. There are 173 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% jet, 3% helicopter, 2% ultralight.[1] and 2% blimp