Forest City Municipal Airport is a public use

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in Hancock County,

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. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the

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of Forest City, a city in Hancock County and Winnebago County. The airport is owned by the City of Forest City. It serves

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for Forest City and the surrounding area.

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operates an

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for company use with the 5800 runway. There is no scheduled air service.

Facilities and aircraft

Forest City Municipal Airport covers an area of at an

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of 1,229 feet (375 m) above

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. It has two

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paved

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s: 15/33 is 5,796 by 100 feet (1,767 x 30 m) and 9/27 is 2,708 by 60 feet (825 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending September 18, 2008, the airport had 5,950

aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-

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, 6% multi-engine, 6% jet, 11%

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Facilities and aircraft

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