Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
SPI · KSPI · Springfield, Illinois · Sangamon County · map
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Springfield, Illinois, 598 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 8,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8) and about 93 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 27,151 takeoffs and landings a year. About 51,205 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport?
Its FAA code is SPI, and its ICAO code is KSPI.
Where is Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport?
It is 3 miles northwest of Springfield, Illinois, 598 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 8,001 feet long.
Does Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8.
Where can you fly nonstop from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Punta Gorda, Orlando International, Laughlin/Bullhead International, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain. Every route
Are there flight schools at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Lincoln Land Community College and Havana Flyers Assoc. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 4 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 Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SPI · ICAO KSPI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 598 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:30 am to 12:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 8,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 7,399 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,927 ft available for landing, tree 49 ft high 2,239 ft from the end
- Runway 22: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 78 ft high 4,040 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the right, 7,216 ft available for landing, trees 74 ft high 3,131 ft from the end
- Runway 31: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,000 ft available for landing, tree 22 ft high 1,142 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.3 | Springfield |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.65 | Springfield |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | Springfield |
| Ground | 121.9 | Springfield |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 126.15 | Springfield |
| Approach and departure | 132.575 | Springfield |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Springfield |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 217-360-2099.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Taylorville Municipal (25 nm southeast), Jacksonville Municipal (26 nm west), Decatur Airport (37 nm east).
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
- When the control tower closed activate high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; approach lights (MALSR) runways 04; 22 and 31; VASI runway 31; runway end identifier lights runway 13 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 13 and VASI runways 04 and 22 oper continuously.
- 150 feet width.
- Taxiway Y1, taxiway Y2, and taxiway Y between taxiway Y1 and taxiway a not available for air carrier operations with more than 9 passenger seats.
- General aviation access to and parking on the air carrier ramp is prohibited.
- Weather service available H24.
- During snow removal operations equipment operators will monitor the common traffic frequency when the tower is closed.
- 100LL self serve available 24HRS.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 940 departures from SPI in those twelve months, carrying 51,631 passengers in 85,608 seats (60% filled), to 30 destinations (2 abroad) on 10 airlines.
All 30 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 | 69 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 12 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 2 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 27,151, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 574 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,356 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,745 |
| general aviation, local | 8,862 |
| military | 3,614 |
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 Springfield from the FAA register
120 aircraft are registered to owners in Springfield, Illinois: 88 piston singles, 15 business jets, 6 drones, 5 turboprops, 4 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:
- Lincoln Land Community College 3 aircraft · Springfield
- Havana Flyers Assoc 1 aircraft · Petersburg, 15 miles away
Repair stations in Springfield:
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
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing).
- Dennis Dwain Taft private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Springfield, IL (0 nm) · (217) 553-6154 · [email protected]
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
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 · 18 since 1982, 3 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 Springfield 120 aircraft · 88 piston singles, 15 business jets, 6 drones
- Illinois State Police 8 aircraft in town
- State of Illinois 7 aircraft in town
- Flying 20 Club INC 4 aircraft in town
- Air Combat Museum 4 aircraft in town
- Lincoln Land Community College 3 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Havana Flyers Assoc 1 aircraft · flight school
- Standardaero Business Aviation Services, L.L.C. · repair station
- State of Illinois Dot Division of Aeronautics · repair station
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 687 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Punta Gorda (PGD) 111 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Orlando International (MCO) 96 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 8 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 5 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Atlantic City International (ACY) 3 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 3 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Gulfport-Biloxi International (GPT) 3 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 250 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 8,055 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SPI.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.