Hillsboro Municipal Airport (Illinois)

Hillsboro Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 3K4
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Hillsboro, IL
Serves	Hillsboro, Illinois
Elevation AMSL	637 ft / 194 m
Coordinates	39°08′40″N 089°27′25″W / 39.14444°N 89.45694°W / 39.14444; -89.45694
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 4,150 1,265 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 3,000 Based aircraft 8
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Hillsboro Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 3K4) was a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Hillsboro, a city in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Hillsboro Municipal Airport covered an area of 30 acres (12 ha) at an elevation of 637 feet (194 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 18/36 with a turf surface measuring 4,150 by 200 feet (1,265 x 61 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2005, the airport had 3,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 250 per month. At that time there were 8 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.^[1]

In 2008, the airport was closed and the ground leased to a local coal mining operation.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Aerial photo as of April 1998 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 3K4
  • AirNav airport information for 3K4
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 3K4