University Of Illinois/Willard Airport
CMI · KCMI · Champaign/Urbana, Illinois · Champaign County · map
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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 78 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 5 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 64,056 takeoffs and landings a year. About 82,163 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for University Of Illinois/Willard Airport?
Its FAA code is CMI, and its ICAO code is KCMI.
Where is University Of Illinois/Willard Airport?
It is 5 miles southwest of Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, 755 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at University Of Illinois/Willard Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 14L/32R, is 8,101 feet long.
Does University Of Illinois/Willard Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at University Of Illinois/Willard Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from University Of Illinois/Willard Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, John Glenn Columbus International, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Newark Liberty International. Every route
Are there flight schools at University Of Illinois/Willard Airport?
7 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including University of Illinois and Engin Aires Aero Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to University Of Illinois/Willard Airport?
3 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 University Of Illinois/Willard Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Frasca Field (7 nm northeast), Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (17 nm north), Paxton Airport (26 nm north).
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
- 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.
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,830 departures from CMI in those twelve months, carrying 88,796 passengers in 128,427 seats (69% filled), to 48 destinations on 15 airlines.
All 48 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 65 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 9 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 64,056, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 2,966 |
| air taxi and commuter | 13,528 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,027 |
| general aviation, local | 38,267 |
| military | 268 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Champaign/Urbana from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Champaign/Urbana, IL as the owner's town.
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:
- University of Illinois 12 aircraft · Savoy, 2 miles away
- Engin Aires Aero Club 2 aircraft · Savoy, 2 miles away EnginAires Aero Club is an equity-based flying club founded in 1956 and based at University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
- Beech Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Champaign, 5 miles away Beech Flyers is a flying club based at Van Nuys Airport in California that provides Beechcraft-specific pilot training and aircraft rental.
- Instrument Trainer Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Champaign, 5 miles away D14 Aviation is a flight school offering pilot training programs including private pilot, commercial pilot, certified flight instructor, instrument rating, and multi-engine rating certifications.
- Tab Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Champaign, 5 miles away
- Aero Place Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Urbana, 9 miles away
- Summerskyz INC 7 aircraft · Saint Joseph, 14 miles away SummerSkyz is a helicopter flight school and tour operator based in the Chicago area with locations in Lansing and Danville, Illinois.
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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- 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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- University of Illinois 12 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Engin Aires Aero Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Beech Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,045 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 701 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- John Glenn Columbus International (CMH) 5 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 4 flights in twelve months · Global Crossing Airlines, Inc., JetBlue Airways
- Newark Liberty International (EWR) 4 flights in twelve months · Global Crossing Airlines, Inc., Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Los Angeles International (LAX) 4 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., Eastern Air Express, LLC (EAX)
- Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field (MSN) 4 flights in twelve months · Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp, Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 3 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CMI.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 23, 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.