Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (IATA: AUZ, ICAO: KARR, FAA LID: ARR) is a public airport opened in April 1966, located in the village of Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States, 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Aurora, both in Kane County. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Aurora. It is 50 miles (80 km) west of Chicago and is designated as a reliever airport for Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports.[1][2]

Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport
IATA: AUZ ICAO: KARR FAA LID: ARR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	City of Aurora
Serves	Chicago / Aurora
Location	Sugar Grove, Illinois
Elevation AMSL	712 ft / 217 m
Coordinates	41°46′19″N 088°28′32″W
Website	Official website
Map
ARR Location of airport in Illinois Show map of Illinois ARR ARR (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 6,501 1,982 Concrete 15/33 5,503 1,677 Concrete 18/36 3,198 975 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2016) 62,072 Based aircraft (2017) 338
Source: FAA[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for both the FAA and IATA, Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport is assigned ARR by the FAA and AUZ by the IATA (which assigned ARR to Alto Río Senguer Airport in Argentina). The airport's ICAO identifier is KARR.[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Aurora Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,100 acres (450 ha), and contains three runways:[1]

• Runway 9/27: 6,501 x 100 ft (1,982 x 30 m), surface: concrete
• Runway 15/33: 5,503 x 100 ft (1,677 x 30 m), surface: concrete
• Runway 18/36: 3,198 x 75 ft (975 x 23 m), surface: asphalt

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2016, the airport had 62,072 aircraft operations, an average of 170 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. In January 2017, there were 338 aircraft based at this airport: 242 single-engine, 63 multi-engine, 27 jet aircraft and 6 helicopters. J.A. Air Center and Revv Aviation are the airport's two fixed-base operators (FBOs).

Incidents

On June 13, 2011, the aircraft Liberty Belle, a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed in Oswego, Illinois after taking off from Aurora. Early reports indicate that shortly after takeoff the pilot reported an engine fire, and attempted to return to the airfield. He was unable to do so, however, and chose instead to put the aircraft down in a nearby cornfield with seven people on board, all of whom were reported to be safe.[5]

Gallery

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References

External links

• Official website
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 6, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for ARR, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for ARR
  • AirNav airport information for KARR
  • ASN accident history for AUZ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures