KIKK Greater Kankakee Airport VFR

  • Name
    Greater Kankakee Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    KIKK / IKK / KIKK
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    7:19 pm (CST)
  • Municipality
    Kankakee
  • Coordinates
    41° 4′ 17″ N 87° 50′ 46″ E
  • Elevation
    630 ft (192 m MSL)

About Greater Kankakee Airport

Greater Kankakee Airport (IATA: IKK, ICAO: KIKK, FAA LID: IKK) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Kankakee, a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

The airport was opened in 1962 and continues to operate as a general aviation facility serving the Kankakee area and South Chicago. It is 60 miles (97 km) south of Chicago and 75 miles (121 km) north of Champaign, Illinois. It is the largest airport between the Chicago Midway Airport and the Champaign Airport. Greater Kankakee is a general aviation airport, consisting of mostly private aircraft with a mix of corporate and business aircraft usage.

The airport is owned and operated by the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority. The authority has an appointed board of directors totaling six members: three members from the Kankakee County Board and one each from the communities of Kankakee, Bradley, and Bourbonnais.

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