Tuscola Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Tuscola Airport Improvement Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tuscola, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 665 ft / 203 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°46′51″N 088°18′22″W / 39.78083°N 88.30611°W | ||||||||||
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  K96 Location of airport in Illinois  K96 K96 (the United States) | |||||||||||
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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]
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 branch of Atlantic Ag Aviation. The airport received an EPA-approved chemical loading site in 2010 after being bought by its current owner.[2]
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for K96 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Illinois Airfield Keeps Midwest Agriculture Business Going". Flying Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-04.