Airports in Illinois and their hangar waiting lists
98 public-use airports, 78 of them publicly owned. Who runs each one, when somebody is there to answer the phone, and which ones have written down what it takes to get on the list.
- Public-use airports
- 98
- Publicly owned
- 78
- Staffed at some point
- 91
- Published list rules
- 0
Of the 98 airports in Illinois, 0 have published what they ask for to put you on the hangar waiting list. That is not a judgement of the rest — most places do not publish it anywhere, and we do not guess. Every place below has a page with what the public record says about it, including who to call.
The ten biggest fields in Illinois
Ranked by the longest runway, which is the one measure of size the public record gives for every field. Be careful reading it as a proxy for hangar demand: the longest runways belong to airline and military fields, and a hangar queue for a private aircraft is usually found at the smaller general-aviation airports further down this page. The FAA used to publish how many aircraft are based at each airport, which would have answered that directly; those fields are now empty.
| Place | Longest runway |
|---|---|
| Chicago O'hare IntlORD Chicago | 13,000 ft |
| General Downing - Peoria IntlPIA Peoria | 10,104 ft |
| Quad Cities IntlMLI Moline | 10,002 ft |
| Chicago/Rockford IntlRFD Chicago/Rockford | 10,002 ft |
| Scott AFB/Midamerica ST LouisBLV Belleville | 10,000 ft |
| DecaturDEC Decatur | 8,496 ft |
| University Of Illinois/WillardCMI Champaign/Urbana | 8,101 ft |
| ST Louis RgnlALN Alton/ST Louis | 8,099 ft |
| Veterans Airport Of Southern IllinoisMWA Marion | 8,012 ft |
| Abraham Lincoln CapitalSPI Springfield | 8,001 ft |
All 98 in Illinois
| Place | List rules |
|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln CapitalSPI Springfield | Not published |
| AlbertusFEP Freeport | Not published |
| Aurora MuniARR Chicago/Aurora | Not published |
| Benton MuniH96 Benton | Not published |
| Bolingbrook's Clow Intl1C5 Bolingbrook | Not published |
| BressonC82 Compton | Not published |
| Bult FldC56 Monee | Not published |
| Cairo RgnlCIR Cairo | Not published |
| CampbellC81 Grayslake | Not published |
| Carmi MuniCUL Carmi | Not published |
| Casey Muni1H8 Casey | Not published |
| Central Il Rgnl/Bloomington-NormalBMI Bloomington/Normal | Not published |
| Centralia MuniENL Centralia | Not published |
| Chicago ExecPWK Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling | Not published |
| Chicago Midway IntlMDW Chicago | Not published |
| Chicago O'hare IntlORD Chicago | Not published |
| Chicago/Rockford IntlRFD Chicago/Rockford | Not published |
| Coles County MemlMTO Mattoon/Charleston | Not published |
| Cottonwood1C8 Rockford | Not published |
| Crawford CountyRSV Robinson | Not published |
| Cushing Fld LTD0C8 Newark | Not published |
| Dacy0C0 Harvard | Not published |
| De Kalb Taylor MuniDKB De Kalb | Not published |
| DecaturDEC Decatur | Not published |
| Dixon Muni-Charles R Walgreen FldC73 Dixon | Not published |
| DupageDPA Chicago/West Chicago | Not published |
| DwightDTG Dwight | Not published |
| Edgar CountyPRG Paris | Not published |
| Effingham County Rgnl1H2 Effingham | Not published |
| Fairfield MuniFWC Fairfield | Not published |
| Flora MuniFOA Flora | Not published |
| Frasca FldC16 Urbana | Not published |
| Galt Fld10C Greenwood/Wonder Lake | Not published |
| Gen-Airpark3G8 Geneseo | Not published |
| General Downing - Peoria IntlPIA Peoria | Not published |
| Greater BeardstownK06 Beardstown | Not published |
| Greater KankakeeIKK Kankakee | Not published |
| GreenvilleGRE Greenville | Not published |
| Harrel W Timmons Galesburg RgnlGBG Galesburg | Not published |
| Harrisburg-RaleighHSB Harrisburg | Not published |
| Havana Rgnl9I0 Havana | Not published |
| Highland-WinetH07 Highland | Not published |
| Hinckley0C2 Hinckley | Not published |
| Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan FldVYS Peru | Not published |
| IngersollCTK Canton | Not published |
| Jacksonville MuniIJX Jacksonville | Not published |
| Joliet RgnlJOT Joliet | Not published |
| Kankakee3KK Kankakee | Not published |
| Kewanee MuniEZI Kewanee | Not published |
| Lake In The Hills3CK Chicago/Lake In The Hills | Not published |
| Lansing MuniIGQ Chicago | Not published |
| Lawrenceville-Vincennes IntlLWV Lawrenceville | Not published |
| Lewis UniversityLOT Chicago/Romeoville | Not published |
| Litchfield Muni3LF Litchfield | Not published |
| Logan CountyAAA Lincoln | Not published |
| Macomb MuniMQB Macomb | Not published |
| Marshall CountyC75 Lacon | Not published |
| Metropolis MuniM30 Metropolis | Not published |
| Monmouth MuniC66 Monmouth | Not published |
| Morris Muni/James R Washburn FldC09 Morris | Not published |
| Mount Carmel MuniAJG Mount Carmel | Not published |
| Mount Hawley Auxiliary3MY Peoria | Not published |
| Mount Sterling MuniI63 Mount Sterling | Not published |
| Mount VernonMVN Mount Vernon | Not published |
| Ogle CountyC55 Mount Morris | Not published |
| Olney-NobleOLY Olney-Noble | Not published |
| Paxton1C1 Paxton | Not published |
| Pekin MuniC15 Pekin | Not published |
| Percival Springs2T2 Watson | Not published |
| Pinckneyville/Du QuoinPJY Pinckneyville | Not published |
| Pittsfield Penstone MuniPPQ Pittsfield | Not published |
| Pontiac MuniPNT Pontiac | Not published |
| Poplar GroveC77 Poplar Grove | Not published |
| Quad Cities IntlMLI Moline | Not published |
| Quincy Rgnl-Baldwin FldUIN Quincy | Not published |
| Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott FldTIP Rantoul | Not published |
| Rochelle Muni/Koritz FldRPJ Rochelle | Not published |
| Salem-LeckroneSLO Salem | Not published |
| Schaumburg Rgnl06C Chicago/Schaumburg | Not published |
| Schuy-Rush5K4 Rushville | Not published |
| Scott AFB/Midamerica ST LouisBLV Belleville | Not published |
| Shelby County2H0 Shelbyville | Not published |
| Skydive Chicago8N2 Ottawa | Not published |
| Southern IllinoisMDH Carbondale/Murphysboro | Not published |
| Sparta Community-Hunter FldSAR Sparta | Not published |
| ST Louis DowntownCPS Cahokia/ST Louis | Not published |
| ST Louis RgnlALN Alton/ST Louis | Not published |
| Taylorville MuniTAZ Taylorville | Not published |
| Tri-County2C6 Yates City | Not published |
| Tri-TownshipSFY Savanna | Not published |
| TuscolaK96 Tuscola | Not published |
| University Of Illinois/WillardCMI Champaign/Urbana | Not published |
| Vandalia MuniVLA Vandalia | Not published |
| Vermilion RgnlDNV Danville | Not published |
| Veterans Airport Of Southern IllinoisMWA Marion | Not published |
| Waukegan NtlUGN Chicago/Waukegan | Not published |
| Whiteside County/Jos H Bittorf FldSQI Sterling/Rockfalls | Not published |
| Zelmer Meml Airpark INC5K1 Palmyra | Not published |
Nearby states
Somebody looking for a hangar rarely stops at the state line.
Every place here comes from the FAA airport register, and none of them run their waiting list with us. Back to the register