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]

Tuscola Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: K96
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Tuscola Airport Improvement Ltd.
Serves	Tuscola, Illinois
Elevation AMSL	665 ft / 203 m
Coordinates	39°46′51″N 088°18′22″W
Map
K96 Location of airport in Illinois Show map of Illinois K96 K96 (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 2,660 811 Paved
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations 8,700 Based aircraft 12
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[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 branck of Atlantic Ag Aviation. The airport received an EPA-approved chemical loading site in 2010 after being bought by its current owner.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Tuscola Airport covers an area of 12 acres (4.9 ha) at an elevation of 665 feet (203 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with a gravel surface measuring 2,660 by 30 feet (811 x 9 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2019, the airport had 8,700 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 58% single-engine and 42% ultralight.[1][3]

References

External links

• Aerial image as of 27 March 1999 from USGS The National Map

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for K96
  • AirNav airport information for K96
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for K96