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]

Pekin Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: C15
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Pekin
Operator	City of Pekin
Serves	Pekin, Illinois
Elevation AMSL	530 ft / 162 m
Coordinates	40°29′18″N 89°40′33″W
Website	www.pekinmunicipalairport.com
Maps
Location of Tazewell County in Illinois
C15 Location of airport in Tazewell County
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations 9,000 Based aircraft 45
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

Facilities and aircraft

Pekin Municipal Airport covers an area of 215 acres (87 ha) at an elevation of 530 feet (162 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

The airport has an FBO offering aviation fuel, aircraft parking, hangars, a passenger terminal, catering, and a courtesy car.[5][6]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2021, the airport had 9,000 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 78% general aviation and 22% air taxi. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 42 single-engine and 2 multi-engine airplanes as well as 1 helicopter.[1][7][8]

Accidents & Incidents

• On January 19, 2011, a Piper Cherokee 180 crashed while attempting to land at Perkin. The aircraft was practicing touch-and-gos when witnesses say it appeared to stall and impacted the runway.[9]
• On August 18, 2016, an amateur-built Collins RV6A impacted terrain after taking off from runway 27 at Perkin. The pilot, who was seriously injured, told first responders that he had forgotten to latch the canopy before takeoff. He noticed 30 feet above the ground just after takeoff and got distracted trying to close it, leading to a loss of control, a stall, and a crash.[10]

References

External links

• Aerial photo as of 24 March 1999 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for C15, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for C15
  • AirNav airport information for C15
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for C15