Willmar Municipal Airport (IATA: ILL, ICAO: KBDH, FAA LID: BDH), also known as John L. Rice Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located west of the central business district of Willmar, a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States.[1] The airport opened in 2006 and is located two miles west of a closed airport which operated under the same name (IATA: ILL, ICAO: KILL, FAA LID: ILL).[2]

Willmar Municipal Airport John L. Rice Field
The site of the former airport
IATA: ILL ICAO: KBDH FAA LID: BDH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Willmar
Serves	Willmar, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL	1,126 ft / 343 m
Coordinates	45°07′04″N 095°07′50″W
Map
BDH Location of airport in Minnesota / United States Show map of Minnesota BDH BDH (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 5,500 1,676 Asphalt 3/21 3,000 914 Turf
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Willmar Municipal Airport is assigned BDH by the FAA and ILL by IATA;[3] BDH is used by the IATA for Bandar Lengeh Airport in Bandar Lengeh, Iran.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Willmar Municipal Airport has two runways: 13/31 with a 5,500 x 100 ft. (1,676 x 30 m) asphalt pavement and 3/21 with a 3,000 x 250 ft. (914 x 76 m) turf surface.

Earlier airport

The first Willmar Municipal Airport was established in 1934 as a federal work relief project of the National Youth Administration during the New Deal.[5]

Historical Scheduled Service

• In October 1935 Watertown Airways, Inc offered scheduled service between Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport and Watertown, South Dakota. This route continued through South Dakota with additional stops in Huron, Pierre, Phillip, Rapid City, and Spearfish. Service was provided using Travel Air high wing cabin monoplanes.[6]
• In December 1972 Mississippi Valley Airlines had scheduled service to Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport and Alexandria, Minnesota[7]

References

External links

• "The New Willmar Airport". Willmar Air Service. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008.
• "Minnesota Airport Directory: Willmar Municipal Airport (BDH)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2013. (233 KiB)
• "Minnesota Airport Directory: Old Willmar Municipal Airport (ILL)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2006. (149 KiB)
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for BDH
  • AirNav airport information for KBDH
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures