Airport type Public Serves Fairfield, Illinois 9/27 4,000 Address Fairfield, IL 62837, USA Phone +1 618-842-3871 | Owner City of Fairfield Elevation AMSL 436 ft / 133 m 4,000 1,219 Elevation 133 m | |
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Fairfield Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFWC, FAA LID: FWC) is a city owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Fairfield, in Wayne County, Illinois, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, it was classified as a general aviation airport.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FWC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Facilities and aircraft
Fairfield Municipal Airport covers an area of 173 acres (70 ha) at an elevation of 436 feet (133 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m) and 18/36 is 1,999 by 60 feet (609 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi.