Kankakee Airport
3KK · Kankakee, Illinois · Kankakee County · map
Kankakee Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Kankakee, Illinois, 625 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 2,644 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3KK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 625 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, irreg
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,644 × 300 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
| 18/36 | 2,564 × 200 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 285 ft, road 15 ft high 15 ft from the end
- Runway 18: brush 18 ft high 91 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 900 ft, trees 46 ft high 47 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Kankakee from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Kankakee, Illinois: 18 piston singles, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 400 feet ovrn end of runway 27.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; variable intst and spacing and NON-FRANGIBLE mountings.
- Approach slp 20:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach slp 15:1 due to 63 feet tree 990 feet from displaced threshold.
- Displaced threshold marked with white rocks.
- Displaced threshold marked with white rocks.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.