University Of Illinois/Willard Airport
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University Of Illinois/Willard Airport is a public-use airport, 5 miles southwest of Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, 755 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 14L/32R, is 8,101 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CMI · ICAO KCMI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 755 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 750 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1945
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14L/32R | 8,101 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 6,502 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14R/32L | 3,816 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 53 ft high 1,687 ft from the end
- Runway 14R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32L: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.4 | Champaign |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.85 | Champaign |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 128.75 | Champaign |
| Ground | 121.8 | Champaign |
| Tower (secondary) | 127.825 | Champaign |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 319 to 138 | 121.35 | Champaign |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 139 to 318 | 132.85 | Champaign |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 133.975 | Champaign |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Champaign |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 217-355-4072.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Champaign/Urbana from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Champaign/Urbana, IL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 2 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
- Transient parking on southeast general aviation apn.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 32R; PAPI runway 14L/32R; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; high-intensity runway lights runway 14L/32R - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 14L/32R preset to low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 14R/32L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Closed 11:00 pm to 6:00 am and to aircraft above 12500 LB.
- Runway 32R calm wind runway when the control tower closed.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway east and D southwest of runway 14L/32R closed to aircraft above 11800 LB.
- Taxiway A2 and A3 adjacent to air carrier apn not vsb from the control tower.
- Runway 22 and 32R ends not vsb from each otr.
- Operations hour H24; atndd continuously.
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.