Tuscola Airport

Tuscola Airport (FAA LID: K96) is a privately owned public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Tuscola, a city in Douglas County, Illinois, United States.[1]

This article is about the airport in Illinois. For the airport in Michigan, see Tuscola Area Airport.
Tuscola Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTuscola Airport Improvement Ltd.
ServesTuscola, Illinois
Elevation AMSL665 ft / 203 m
Coordinates39°46′51″N 088°18′22″W
Map
K96 is located in Illinois
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Location of airport in Illinois
K96 is located in the United States
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K96 (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,660 811 Paved
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations8,700
Based aircraft12

The airport is a major base for crop-dusting aircraft in the area to support farms growing corn, soybeans, and other crops. The airport is home to an Illinois branck of Atlantic Ag Aviation. The airport received an EPA-approved chemical loading site in 2010 after being bought by its current owner.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Tuscola Airport covers an area of 12 acres (4.9 ha) at an elevation of 665 feet (203 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with a gravel surface measuring 2,660 by 30 feet (811 x 9 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2019, the airport had 8,700 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 58% single-engine and 42% ultralight.[1][3]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for K96 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 29 July 2010.
  2. "Illinois Airfield Keeps Midwest Agriculture Business Going". Flying Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  3. "AirNav:K96 – Tuscola Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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