Benton Municipal Airport


Benton Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located west of the central business district of Benton, a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Benton Municipal Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 444 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet. The runway was expanded in 2003; it previously measured 2,720 by 60 feet.
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, 5% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 9 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.