Cairo Regional Airport


Cairo Regional Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located northwest of the central business district of Cairo, Illinois, a city in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.
The two closest airports with commercial airline service are Cape Girardeau Regional Airport and Barkley Regional Airport which are both about away.

Facilities and aircraft

Cairo Regional Airport covers an area of 470 acres at an elevation of 322 feet above mean sea level. It has two runways: 14/32 is 4,001 by 100 feet with an asphalt surface and 2/20 is 3,200 by 60 feet with an asphalt surface.
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2016 the airport had 9,000 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% military.
In December 2018, there was 20 aircraft based at this airport: 17 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 ultralight.