University of Illinois Willard Airport
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|- !colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" |Runways |- !bgcolor="lightgrey" rowspan="2"|Direction !bgcolor="lightgrey" colspan="2"|Length !bgcolor="lightgrey" rowspan="2"|Surface |- !bgcolor="lightgrey"|ft !bgcolor="lightgrey"|m |- !align="left" valign="top"|04/22 |valign="top" align="right"|6,500 |valign="top" align="right"|1,981 |valign="top"|Concrete |- !align="left" valign="top"|14L/32R |valign="top" align="right"|8,100 |valign="top" align="right"|2,469 |valign="top"|Concrete |- !align="left" valign="top"|14R/32L |valign="top" align="right"|3,817 |valign="top" align="right"|1,163 |valign="top"|Asphalt |- !align="left" valign="top"|18/36 |valign="top" align="right"|5,299 |valign="top" align="right"|1,615 |valign="top"|Concrete
University of Illinois Willard Airport is an airport owned and operated by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign located in Tolono Township, just south of Savoy, Illinois, a small village that is part of the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area. It serves the greater Champaign-Urbana area and most of East Central Illinois. The airport is also served by the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District.
Visitors from around the world frequently fly into Champaign-Urbana in order to collaborate with researchers at the university or to conduct business with companies in the university's research park. However, many airlines have chosen to serve Central Illinois through the Bloomington-Normal airport instead. Due to the lack of U.S. immigration and customs facilities, no international flights are offered, and the additional price airlines charge to fly to Willard Airport compared to a major hub like Chicago's O'Hare Airport ensures that budget-minded travellers use surface transport to reach Champaign County.
Willard Airport is home to the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation, which is a major research facility at the university. It has the distinction of being one of the few University-owned research airports. The Institute of Aviation is ranked amongst the top 10 programs in the nation, and the Institute's facilities have won numerous prestigious awards.
Trivia
Willard Airport received its 15 minutes of fame on January 28, 1998. President Bill Clinton was in Champaign-Urbana for a speaking engagement at Assembly Hall and arrived at Willard Airport on Air Force One. Due to the breaking story, news media descended on Champaign-Urbana. After the engagement, just prior to takeoff, the Boeing 707 acting as Air Force One got stuck in the mud, the taxiway not being designed for aircraft as wide as the Boeing 707. Many news broadcasts that evening carried live video feed of the Presidential aircraft stuck at Willard Airport. [link]
Facilities
Willard Airport covers 1,799 acres and has four runways:- Runway 04/22: 6,500 x 150 ft. (1,981 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
- Runway 14L/32R: 8,100 x 150 ft. (2,469 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete, ILS equipped.
- Runway 14R/32L: 3,817 x 75 ft. (1,163 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 18/36: 5,299 x 150 ft. (1,615 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
Airlines
- American Airlines
- * American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Ft. Worth)
- Delta Air Lines
- * Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
- Northwest Airlines
- * Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit)
External links
- [Willard Airport (official site)]
- * Resources for this airport:
- * AirNav [airport information for KCMI]
- * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
- * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
- * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KCMI]
- [Maps and aerial photos]
- * WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]
- * Street map from [MapQuest] or [Google Local]
- * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
- * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
- * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]
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| Academics |
Undergraduate Colleges and Schools • ACES • Business • Communications • Education • Engineering • Fine and Applied Arts • Liberal Arts & Sciences • Institute of Aviation
Graduate Colleges and Schools |
| Athletics | • Fighting Illini • Assembly Hall • Chief Illiniwek • CRCE • Huff Hall • Ice Arena • IMPE • Kenney Gym • Memorial Stadium |
| Points of Interest | • Allerton Park • Arboretum • The Beckman Institute • Boneyard Creek • Conservatory • CSL • Engineering Campus • Grainger • Krannert Center • Libraries • Lincoln Hall • Main Campus • Morrow Plots • NCSA • Spurlock Museum |
| Students | • Alumni • Daily Illini • Illini Media • Illinois Loyalty • Marching Illini • Orange Krush • Residence Halls |
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