Benton Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use
airport located west of the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
Benton Benton may refer to:
Places
Canada
*Benton, a local service district south of Woodstock, New Brunswick
*Benton, Newfoundland and Labrador
United Kingdom
* Benton, Devon, near Bratton Fleming
* Benton, Tyne and Wear
United States
*Benton, Alabam ...
, a city in
Franklin County,
Illinois,
United States.
This airport is included in the FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. NPIAS was developed and now maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
It identifies existing and proposed airports tha ...
(2009-2013), which
categorizes it as a ''
general aviation airport''. The airport was named 2014 Illinois General Aviation Airport of the Year.
Facilities and Aircraft
Benton Municipal Airport covers an area of at an
elevation of 444 feet (135 m) above
mean sea level. It has one
runway designated 18/36 with an
asphalt surface measuring 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).
The runway was expanded in 2003; it previously measured 2,720 by 60 feet (829 x 18 m).
The aircraft offers a number of services for local and transient aircraft, including tie-downs and hangars for parking. A local flight club is based at the airport to provide flight training and aircraft rental.
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2019, the airport had just over 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 94%
general aviation, 5%
air taxi and 1%
military. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport, all
airplanes: 8 single-
engine and 1 multi-engine.
See also
*
List of airports in Illinois
*
South Central Transit
South Central Illinois Mass Transit District is a provider of mass transportation in Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Marion, Perry and Washington counties in Illinois, with deviated fixed-routes serving numerous cities, as well as demand-respons ...
References
External links
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Airports in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Illinois