Pekin Municipal Airport
Pekin Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Pekin | ||||||||||
| Operator | City of Pekin | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pekin, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (-6) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (-5) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 530 ft / 162 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°29′18″N 89°40′33″W / 40.48833°N 89.67583°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.pekinmunicipalairport.com | ||||||||||
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Location of Tazewell County in Illinois | |||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||
Pekin Municipal Airport (FAA LID: C15) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (4.6 mi; 7.4 km) south of the central business district of Pekin, a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
The airport was named the Illinois Department of Transportation's General Aviation Airport of the Year award in 2021. Airport management referenced significant airport upgrades as critical for the award. Later that year, the airport was set to receive nearly $2 million from the State of Illinois as part of its Rebuild Illinois program, aimed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The money went towards repaving the ramp near the t-hangars, repaving the airport access road, and replacing the airport's fuel system.