Greater Kankakee Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Kankakee Valley Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Kankakee, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Built | 1961 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 629 ft / 192 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°04′17″N 087°50′47″W / 41.07139°N 87.84639°W | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access |  SHOW Bus (dial-a-ride) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.kvaa.com | ||||||||||||||
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Greater Kankakee Airport (IATA: IKK, ICAO: KIKK, FAA LID: IKK) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Kankakee, a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
The airport was opened in 1962 and continues to operate as a general aviation facility serving the Kankakee area and South Chicago. It is 60 miles (97 km) south of Chicago and 75 miles (121 km) north of Champaign, Illinois. It is the largest airport between the Chicago Midway Airport and the Champaign Airport. Greater Kankakee is a general aviation airport, consisting of mostly private aircraft with a mix of corporate and business aircraft usage.
The airport is owned and operated by the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority. The authority has an appointed board of directors totaling six members: three members from the Kankakee County Board and one each from the communities of Kankakee, Bradley, and Bourbonnais.
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for IKK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on October 27, 2012.