Galesburg Municipal Airport


Galesburg Municipal Airport is a city owned public use airport located three miles west of the central business district of Galesburg, a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States.

Facilities and aircraft

Galesburg Municipal Airport covers an area of and contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring and 10/28 measuring. For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2017, the airport had 14,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 79% general aviation, 18% air taxi and 3% military. In January 2019, there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 27 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 1 jet, 1 helicopter and 2 ultra-lights.

Stearman Fly-In

Annually, Galesburg Municipal Airport hosts the National Stearman Fly-in. The fly-in hosts numerous World War II-era Boeing Stearman aircraft from around the world. Galesburg has been the host airport of the fly-in since 1972 and regularly hosts more than 100 aircraft for the fly-in and related airshow.