IDOT Secretary Announces Economic Impact Study of Illinois’ Airports
Results Will Guide Future Enhancements of State’s Aeronautics System
SPRINGFIELD- Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
Secretary Gary Hannig today announced the start of a statewide
aviation economic impact study to measure the local economic
benefits of Illinois’ system of airports. The 18-month study
will examine more than 100 airports statewide and will guide
IDOT’s Division of Aeronautics and aviation and economic
development leaders as they push to enhance the state’s aviation
network and create more jobs.
“We are extremely pleased to initiate this study to explore and
identify unique local benefits of Illinois’ Aviation System,”
said IDOT Secretary Gary Hannig. “Illinois’ airport network is
one of the largest and most diverse aviation systems in the
nation. The finished economic study, following federal
guidelines, will yield a thorough analysis of the positive
impact of each airport within its respective community.”
Wilbur Smith Associates was selected to conduct the statewide
aviation economic impact study and will be assisted by the firms
of Applied Real Estate Analysis (AREA); Crawford, Murphy, and
Tilly (CMT); and Hanson Professional Services. The team will be
in contact with each of the airports and many of the on-airport
businesses to collect data on economic activity.
“This type of review will clearly demonstrate the value of each
airport to the local community and Illinois’ economy,” said Dr.
Susan Shea, IDOT’s Director of Aeronautics. “The information
gained from the study will provide a benchmark for planning and
future enhancement of the state’s overall aeronautics system.”
Measuring the individual and collective economic activities
stemming from the airports, including the state’s commercial
service facilities, will provide a comprehensive analysis to the
public, government officials and other stakeholders of how the
state benefits from the presence of each Illinois airport.
The list of airports involved in the economic impact study of
the Illinois Aviation System is as followed:
|
Commercial Passenger
and Cargo Airports |
|
Associated Cities |
Airport
Name |
|
Belleville/St. Louis |
MidAmerica St. Louis Airport |
|
Bloomington/Normal |
Central Illinois Regional Airport |
|
Champaign/Urbana |
University of Illinois-Willard Airport |
|
Chicago |
Chicago Midway International Airport |
|
Chicago |
Chicago O’Hare International Airport |
|
Decatur |
Decatur Airport |
|
Marion |
Williamson County Regional Airport |
|
Moline/Rock Island/Davenport |
Quad City International Airport |
|
Peoria |
General Wayne A. Downing-Peoria International Airport |
|
Quincy |
Quincy Regional Airport-Baldwin Field |
|
Rockford |
Chicago Rockford International Airport |
|
Springfield |
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport |
|
Metropolitan Airports |
|
Associated Cities |
Airport
Name |
|
Aurora |
Aurora Municipal Airport |
|
Alton/Bethalto |
St. Louis Regional Airport |
|
Bolingbrook |
Bolingbrook’s Clow International Airport |
|
Cahokia/Sauget |
St. Louis Downtown Airport |
|
Carbondale/Murphysboro |
Southern Illinois Airport |
|
Charleston/Mattoon |
Coles County Memorial Airport |
|
Danville |
Vermilion Regional Airport-Clarence F. Carter Field |
|
DeKalb |
DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport |
|
Freeport |
Freeport Albertus Airport |
|
Galesburg |
Galesburg Municipal Airport |
|
Joliet |
Joliet Regional Airport |
|
Kankakee |
Greater Kankakee Airport |
|
Lake in the Hills |
Lake in the Hills Airport |
|
Lansing |
Lansing Municipal Airport |
|
Pekin |
Pekin Municipal Airport |
|
Peoria |
Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport |
|
Romeoville |
Lewis University Airport |
|
Schaumburg |
Schaumburg Regional Airport |
|
Waukegan |
Waukegan Regional Airport |
|
West Chicago |
DuPage Airport |
|
Wheeling/Prospect Heights |
Chicago Executive Airport |
|
Community Airports |
|
Associated Cities |
Airport
Name |
|
Aledo |
Mercer County Airport |
|
Cairo |
Cairo Regional Airport |
|
Canton |
Ingersoll Airport |
|
Centralia |
Centralia Municipal Airport |
|
Dixon |
Dixon Municipal Airport-Charles R. Walgreen Field |
|
Effingham |
Effingham County Memorial |
|
Harrisburg-Raleigh |
Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport |
|
Jacksonville |
Jacksonville Municipal Airport |
|
Lacon |
Marshall County Airport |
|
Lincoln |
Logan County Airport |
|
Macomb |
Macomb Municipal Airport |
|
Metropolis |
Metropolis Municipal Airport |
|
Monmouth |
Monmouth Municipal Airport |
|
Morris |
James R. Washburn Field-Morris Municipal Airport |
|
Mount Vernon |
Mount Vernon Outland Airport |
|
Pontiac |
Pontiac Municipal Airport |
|
Rantoul |
Rantoul National Aviation Center-Frank Elliott Field |
|
Rochelle |
Rochelle Municipal Airport-Koritz Field |
|
Sterling/Rock Falls |
Whiteside County Airport-Joseph H. Bittorf Field |
|
Taylorville |
Taylorville Municipal Airport |
|
Local Airports |
|
Associated Cities |
Airport
Name |
|
Beardstown |
Greater Beardstown Airport |
|
Benton |
Benton Municipal Airport |
|
Carmi |
Carmi Municipal Airport |
|
Casey |
Casey Municipal Airport |
|
Fairfield |
Fairfield Municipal Airport |
|
Flora |
Flora Airport |
|
Greenville |
Greenville Municipal Airport |
|
Havana |
Havana Regional Airport |
|
Kewanee |
Kewanee Municipal Airport |
|
Lawrenceville-Vincennes |
Lawrenceville-Vincennes International
Airport-Mid-American Air Center |
|
Litchfield |
Litchfield Municipal Airport |
|
Mt.
Carmel |
Mt.
Carmel Municipal Airport |
|
Mt.
Sterling |
Robert F. Tracy Municipal Airport |
|
Olney-Noble |
Olney-Noble Airport |
|
Paris |
Edgar County Airport |
|
Peru-LaSalle |
Illinois Valley Regional Airport |
|
Pinckneyville/Du Quoin |
Pinckneyville-DuQuoin Airport |
|
Pittsfield |
Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport |
|
Robinson |
Crawford County Airport |
|
Salem |
Salem-Leckrone Airport |
|
Savanna |
Tri-Township Airport |
|
Shelbyville |
Shelby County Airport |
|
Sparta |
Sparta Community Airport-Hunter Field |
|
Vandalia |
Vandalia Regional Airport |
|
Privately-Owned
Airports, Open to the Public |
|
Associated City |
Facility
Name |
|
Apple River |
Foster Field Airport |
|
Columbia |
Sackman Field |
|
Compton |
Bresson Airport |
|
Dwight |
Dwight Airport |
|
Erie |
Erie Air Park Ultralight Flightpark |
|
Freeport |
Freeport/Dornink Airport |
|
Geneseo |
Gen-Airpark Airport |
|
Grayslake |
Campbell Airport |
|
Greenwood/Wonder Lake |
Galt Field Airport |
|
Harvard |
Dacy Airport |
|
Highland |
Highland-Winet Airport |
|
Hinckley |
Hinckley Airport |
|
Kankakee |
Kankakee Airport |
|
Lostant |
Hartenbower Hectares Airport |
|
Manito |
Manito Mitchell Airport |
|
Mendota |
Grandpa’s Farm Mendota Airport |
|
Moline |
Quad-City Seaplane Base |
|
Monee |
Bult Field |
|
Monticello |
Piatt County Airport |
|
Mt.
Morris |
Ogle County Airport |
|
Newark |
Cushing Field Ltd Airport |
|
Ottawa |
Skydive Chicago Airport |
|
Palmyra |
Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc. |
|
Paxton |
Paxton Airport |
|
Poplar Grove |
Poplar Grove Airport |
|
Rockford |
Cottonwood Airport |
|
Rushville |
Schuy-Rush Airport |
|
St.
Jacob |
St.
Louis Metro East Airport-Shafer Field |
|
Tuscola |
Tuscola Airport |
|
Urbana |
Frasca Field Airport |
|
Watson |
Percival Springs Airport |
|
Yates City |
Tri-County Airport |
|
