Rantoul National Aviation Center


Rantoul National Aviation Center, 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.
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.

History

The airport was established in 1993 after the closure of Chanute Air Force Base.

Facilities and aircraft

Rantoul National Aviation Center covers an area of and contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring and 18/36 measuring. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 20,000 aircraft operations, an average of 54 per day: all general aviation. In November 2016, there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 5 single-engine, 4 multi-engine and 2 helicopter.