Monmouth Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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Operator | City of Monmouth, Illinois | ||||||||||
Serves | Monmouth, Illinois | ||||||||||
Opened | 1922 | ||||||||||
Built | 1921 | ||||||||||
Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 753 ft / 230 m | ||||||||||
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Monmouth Municipal Airport (FAA LID: C66) is a civil, public use airport located two miles north of Monmouth, Illinois. The airport is publicly owned by the City of Monmouth.[1]
The airport hosts an annual fly-in breakfast on the 4th of July, which began in the 1980s.[2][3]
The airport was founded in 1921 by a group known as the Aero Club. The Club raised money both from the community and the Curtiss-Iowa Aircraft Corporation. It is the oldest continuously operating airport in Illinois.[4][5]
In 2019, a fire destroyed the airport's main hangar, destroying not only the hangar but also administrative building, airport documents, and eight of the ten aircraft stored there. The airport's plans for a new hangar was approved in 2021. The new hangar was completed in 2022 and opened for use in July of that year.[5][6][7]
The airport has one runway: runway 3/21 is 2899 x 60 ft (884 x 18 m) and made of asphalt.[8][9][10]
The airport operates its own fixed-base operator, offering fuel; parking and hangars; and a courtesy car. Local pilots can take advantage of flight training and aircraft rental. Aerial photography services are also available.[4][11]
In 2023, the airport began a project to upgrade its parking apron; to extend a water line out to a fire hydrant; and to put in a new entrance road and car parking lot.[12]
In the 12-month period ending July 31, 2019, 2022 airport had 96 airport operations per week, or about 5000 per year. These are 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. For the same time period, the airport had 11 based aircraft, all of which were single-engine airplanes.[8][9]