Poplar Grove Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Steve R. Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Poplar Grove, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 858 ft / 261.5 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′22″N 88°50′11″W / 42.3229°N 88.8363°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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  C77 Location of airport in Illinois  C77 C77 (the United States) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Poplar Grove Airport (FAA LID: C77) is a small general aviation airport located in Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States. The airport was founded in 1972 as Belvidere Airport and renamed in 1994. It is located 3 miles south of Poplar Grove, and 3 miles north of Belvidere. The airport is privately owned and open to the public.
It is the home of the Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum and BelAir Estates, a residential fly-in neighborhood.
The airport was named 2015 Illinois Private Airport of the Year by the Illinois Department of Transportation's Division of Aeronautics.[1]
- ^ "IDOT-Division of Aeronautics Recognizes Poplar Grove Airport" (PDF). Poplar Grove Airmotive. Retrieved 2022-07-03.