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Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport (FAA LID: 1C5) is a public airport in Bolingbrook, a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.[1] Located 29 miles (46 km) southwest of the Chicago Loop, it is a small general aviation facility catering to private pilots, students, and commuter aircraft.

Bolingbrook's
Clow International Airport
  • IATA: none
  • ICAO: none
  • FAA LID: 1C5
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerVillage of Bolingbrook
ServesBolingbrook, Illinois
Elevation AMSL670 ft / 204 m
Coordinates41°41′46″N 088°07′45″W
Websitewww.bbclowairport.com
Map
1C5
Location of airport in Illinois
1C5
1C5 (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 3,360 1,024 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft operations50,000
Based aircraft59
Source: FAA[1] and airport website[2]
Airport diagram
Airport diagram

History


The airport was originally a grass airstrip built by Oliver Boyd Clow in the 1950s. By 1989 it was named the best privately owned, public-use airport in Illinois.[3] It was acquired by the Village of Bolingbrook in 2004. The village has expanded the airport, which includes a widened runway, additional taxiways, and landing glidepath lighting.[4]

The airport was used as a location for the 1992 film Folks![5] with Tom Selleck and Don Ameche, which included a cameo by Clow, the founder of the airport.

Clow called the airport "Clow International" on the spur of the moment when filing a flight plan.[6] He chose the word "international" to reflect Chicago's mixed ethnicity, rather than the airport's size: his many friends and fellow pilots were of German, Polish, and other ethnic backgrounds now making their homes in Chicago. "It was named on a lark and borders on the ridiculous, but people remember it. Sometimes the absurd is easier to remember," said Clow.[7]

The airport received $2.4 million from the Illinois Department of Transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the Rebuild Illinois program. The money went toward replacing a taxiway and the airport's rotating beacon.[8]


Facilities and aircraft


Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport covers an area of 205 acres (83 ha) and contains one runway designated 18/36 with a 3,360 x 75 ft (1,024 x 23 m) asphalt pavement.[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2020, the airport had 50,000 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. For the same time period, there were 59 aircraft based at this airport: 54 single-engine and 4 multi-engine airplanes, and 1 helicopter.[1][9]

The fixed-base operator (FBO) at Clow is JW Aviation. It offers fuel, aircraft parking and hangars, flight training, and aircraft rental.[10]


Illinois Aviation Museum


The airport is also the location of the Illinois Aviation Museum at Bolingbrook, which includes a collection of restored and replica aircraft.[11]


Accidents and incidents



References


  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 1C5 PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  2. Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport, official site
  3. Illinois Aviation Museum at Bolingbrook
  4. Chicago Tribune July 8, 2015 article: Bolingbrook paying $706,715 of $6.9 million Clow Airport upgrade
  5. Folks!
  6. Chicago Tribune July 17, 1991 article: Clow's airport may be closing, but appearances are deceiving
  7. AOPA March 5, 2003 article: Pilots - Oliver Boyd Clow
  8. "Clow International Airport To Receive $2.4M In State Funding". Patch. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  9. "AirNav: 1C5 – Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  10. JW Aviation
  11. "About". Illinois Aviation Museum. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  12. https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88129/pdf [bare URL PDF]





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