Fairfield Municipal Airport (Illinois)

Fairfield Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KFWC FAA LID: FWC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Fairfield
Serves	Fairfield, Illinois
Elevation AMSL	436 ft / 133 m
Coordinates	38°22′43″N 088°24′46″W / 38.37861°N 88.41278°W / 38.37861; -88.41278
Map
FWC Location of airport in Illinois FWC FWC (the United States) Show map of IllinoisShow map of the United StatesShow all
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 4,000 1,219 Asphalt 18/36 1,999 609 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 8,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fairfield Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFWC, FAA LID: FWC) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Fairfield, in Wayne County, Illinois, United States.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, it was classified as a general aviation airport.^[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FWC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[3]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Fairfield Municipal Airport covers an area of 173 acres (70 ha) at an elevation of 436 feet (133 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m) and 18/36 is 1,999 by 60 feet (609 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Aerial photo as of 12 April 1998 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FWC, effective February 24, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for FWC
  • AirNav airport information for KFWC
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures