Greater Kankakee Airport
IKK · KIKK · Kankakee, Illinois · Kankakee County · map
Greater Kankakee Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Kankakee, Illinois, 630 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,981 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KIKK · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 10 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIKK 061935Z AUTO 20010G15KT 10SM CLR 23/05 A3002 RMK AO2 T02310052
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IKK · ICAO KIKK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 630 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,981 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 4,398 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 37 ft high 965 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Ikk and aWOS-3 | 128.475 | |
| Kankakee and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 815-939-4044.
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 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 · 24 since 1982, 5 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04; runway end identifier lights runway 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset to low intst; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Deer and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Can contact chicago center on ground 132.5.
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.