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.
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What is the airport code for Kankakee Airport?
Its FAA code is 3KK.
Where is Kankakee Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of Kankakee, Illinois, 625 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Kankakee Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 09/27, is 2,644 feet long.
Does Kankakee Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Kankakee Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Elite Flight Training and Aircraft Management LLC and Systematic Management and Flight Training LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kankakee Airport?
11 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Kankakee Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Greater Kankakee Airport (4 nm southeast), Bult Field (20 nm northeast), Joliet Regional (28 nm northwest), Kentland Municipal (30 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Greater Kankakee Airport (4 nm southeast), Lowell Airport (20 nm northeast), Bult Field (20 nm northeast), Dwight Airport (24 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Elite Flight Training and Aircraft Management LLC 1 aircraft · Kankakee, 4 miles away
- Systematic Management and Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Kankakee, 4 miles away
- Sojourn Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Chebanse, 7 miles away
- D14 Flight Club INC 2 aircraft · Manteno, 11 miles away D14 Aviation is a flight school based in Illinois offering pilot training from discovery flights through advanced certifications including private pilot, commercial pilot, certified flight instructor, instrument rating, and multi-engine rat
Repair stations in Kankakee:
- James M. Leon The Ultralight Place is an FAA repair station in Kankakee, Illinois that services light sport aircraft and Rotax engines.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 10 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 11 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Griffith Aviation · Griffith, IN (34 nm) · (847) 219-1189 · [email protected]
- Keith McGill private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plainfield, IL (34 nm) · (815) 483-3931 · [email protected]
- Gregory Mark Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oswego, IL (38 nm) · (815) 474-0202 · [email protected]
- Matthew Edward Massey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorkville, IL (38 nm) · (815) 546-3664 · [email protected]
- Mohammad Shawahin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Gary, IN (38 nm) · (773) 359-2773 · [email protected]
- Ronald Neal Ridenour private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Naperville, IL (41 nm) · (630) 854-9456 · [email protected]
- Kevin Carlyle Lindsay private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Naperville, IL (43 nm) · (708) 655-4901 · [email protected]
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (46 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · [email protected]
All 36 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Kankakee 23 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 piston twins
- Koerner Aviation INC 8 aircraft in town
- Fly Anytime LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Airplanes of Kankakee 2 aircraft in town
- Elite Flight Training and Aircraft Management LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Systematic Management and Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Sojourn Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- James M. Leon · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,052 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3KK.json.
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 27, 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.