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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Illinois for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC). However, the other USAAF support commands (Air Technical ...
DuPage Airport (IATA: DPA, ICAO: KDPA, FAA LID: DPA) is a general aviation airport located 29 miles (47 km) west of downtown Chicago in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It is owned and operated by the DuPage Airport Authority, which is an independent government body established by law by the state of Illinois.
Naval Air Station Glenview or NAS Glenview was an operational U.S. Naval Air Station from 1937 to 1995. Located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, the air base primarily operated training aircraft as well as seaplanes on nearby Lake Michigan during World War II.
On July 24, 1966, a Beechcraft Twin Bonanza bound for Lansing Municipal Airport crashed on a nearby golf course. The pilot and all three passengers were killed. On board were professional golfer Tony Lema and his wife. On October 14, 2004, a Cessna 172 inbound for Runway 27, at 5:57 a.m., fell short due to bad weather and poor visibility. No ...
For the 12 month period ending February 28, 2021, there were an average of 74 daily aircraft operations per day: 73% transient general aviation, 23% local general aviation, and 4% air taxi operations. For the same time period, there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 60 single-engine and 11 multi-engine airplanes. [12] [13]
Corporate aircraft also used the airfield including Cessna Citation and Dassault Falcon 10 business jets, and Beechcraft King Air and Grumman Gulfstream I business propjets. [2] The Main Terminal Building was operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation and contained waiting areas as well as office and counter space.
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2020, the airport had 50,000 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. For the same time period, there were 59 aircraft based at this airport: 54 single-engine and 4 multi-engine airplanes, and 1 helicopter. [1] [10] The fixed-base operator (FBO) at Clow is JW ...
A couple of highlights of Scott's LTA era (1921–1937) include the 74-mph speed record for dirigibles, set by Scott Field's TC-1 in 1923, and the American free balloon altitude record of 28,510 feet (8,690 m), set in 1927, by Captain Hawthorne C. Gray. Captain Gray would have set a 42,470-foot (12,940 m) world record later that same year had ...