Illinois Valley Regional Airport

Illinois Valley Regional Airport
Walter A. Duncan Field
IATA: VYS – ICAO: KVYS – FAA LID: VYS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator City of Peru
Serves Peru, Illinois
Elevation AMSL 654 ft / 199 m
Coordinates 41°21′07″N 089°09′11″W / 41.35194°N 89.15306°W
Website www.peru.il.us/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
7/25 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 21,000
Based aircraft 33

Illinois Valley Regional Airport (IATA: VYS, ICAO: KVYS, FAA LID: VYS), also known as Walter A. Duncan Field, is a city-owned, public-use airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest of the central business district of Peru, a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States.[1] The airport was opened in November 1985.

Facilities and aircraft

Illinois Valley Regional Airport covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) at an elevation of 654 feet (199 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways, one designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m) and a second designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet.[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 21,000 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. At that time, there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 12% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for VYS (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.

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