Ogle County Airport
airport in Illinois, United States of America
Ogle County Airport (FAA LID: C55) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi; 3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Mount Morris, a village in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The airport is privately owned by Ogle County Pilots Inc.
Facilities and aircraft
Ogle County Airport covers an area of 42 acres (17 ha) at an elevation of 929 feet (283 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway, designated 9/27, with a turf surface measuring 2,640 by 200 feet (805 by 61 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2019, the airport had roughly 6,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day. Operations consisted entirely of general aviation traffic. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine and 7% ultralight.
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