Greater Kankakee Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Greater Kankakee Airport


IATA = IKK
ICAO = KIKK
FAA = IKK
type = Public
owner-oper = Kankakee Valley Airport Authority
city-served = Kankakee, Illinois
location =
elevation-f = 630
elevation-m = 192
website = [http://www.kvaa.com/ www.kvaa.com]
r1-number = 4/22
r1-length-f = 5,979
r1-length-m = 1,822
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 16/34
r2-length-f = 4,399
r2-length-m = 1,341
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 50,000
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 135
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=IKK|use=PU|own=PU|site=04773.1*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Greater Kankakee Airport Airport codes|IKK|KIKK|IKK is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Kankakee, in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.

The airport was opened in 1962 and continues to operate as a general aviation facility serving the Kankakee area and South Chicago. It is convert|60|mi|km south of Chicago and convert|75|mi|km north of Champaign, Illinois. It is the largest Airport between the Chicago Midway Airport and the Champaign Airport. Greater Kankakee is a general aviation airport, consisting of mostly private aircraft with a mix of corporate and business aircraft usage.

The airport is owned and operated by the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority. The Authority has an appointed board of directors totaling six members. Members are appointed one each from the local communities of Kankakee, Bradley, and Bourbonnais and three members from the Kankakee County Board.

Facilities and airports

Greater Kankakee Airport covers an area of 950 acres (384 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 5,979 x 100 ft (1,822 x 30 m) and 16/34 measuring 4,399 x 75 ft (1,341 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 50,000 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 92% general aviation, 6% military and 2% air taxi. There are 135 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single engine, 13% multi-engine, 11% ultralight, 1% jet and 1% helicopter.

References

External links

* [http://www.kvaa.com/ Greater Kankakee Airport] (official site)
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