Pekin Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Pekin | ||||||||||
| Operator | City of Pekin | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pekin, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 530 ft / 162 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°29′18″N 89°40′33″W / 40.48833°N 89.67583°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.pekinmunicipalairport.com | ||||||||||
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 Location of Tazewell County in Illinois | |||||||||||
  C15 Location of airport in Tazewell County  C15 C15 (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Pekin Municipal Airport (FAA LID: C15) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (4.6 mi; 7.4 km) south of the central business district of Pekin, a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
The airport was named the Illinois Department of Transportation's General Aviation Airport of the Year award in 2021. Airport management referenced significant airport upgrades as critical for the award. Later that year, the airport was set to receive nearly $2 million from the State of Illinois as part of its Rebuild Illinois program, aimed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The money went towards repaving the ramp near the t-hangars, repaving the airport access road, and replacing the airport's fuel system.[3][4]
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for C15 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 30 June 2011.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Pekin Municipal Airport receives Illinois General Aviation Airport of the Year award". Perkin Daily Times. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "Pritzker Administration Invests $94 Million in Capital Funding to Revitalize Public Airports Including Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport". WJOL News. 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2022-09-02.