Rantoul National Aviation Center

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Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport-Frank Elliott Field
Frank Elliott Field
IATA: noneICAO: KTIPFAA LID: TIP
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Village of Rantoul
Serves Rantoul, Illinois
Elevation AMSL 737 ft / 225 m
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Website village.rantoul.il.us/...
Maps
Location of Champaign County in Illinois
Location of Champaign County in Illinois
TIP is located in Champaign County, Illinois
TIP
TIP
Location of airport in Champaign County
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
18/36 4,895 1,492 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 20,000

Rantoul National Aviation Center (ICAO: KTIPFAA LID: TIP), also known as Frank Elliott Field, is a public-use airport located in Rantoul, a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the Village of Rantoul.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Rantoul National Aviation Center is assigned TIP by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned TIP to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya).[2][3]

History

The airport was established in 1993 after the closure of Chanute Air Force Base (which was established as Chanute Field in 1917).

Facilities and aircraft

Rantoul National Aviation Center covers an area of 1,192 acres (482 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 5,000 by 75 ft (1,524 by 23 m) and 18/36 measuring 4,895 by 75 ft (1,492 by 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 20,000 aircraft operations (all general aviation), an average of 54 per day.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 FAA Airport Master Record for TIP (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KTIP - Rantoul, Illinois
  3. Great Circle Mapper: TIP / HLLT - Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya)

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