Aurora Municipal Airport (Illinois)

Infobox Airport
name = Aurora Municipal Airport


IATA = AUZ
ICAO = KARR
FAA = ARR
type = Public
owner-oper = City of Aurora
city-served = Chicago / Aurora, Illinois
location = Sugar Grove, Illinois
elevation-f = 712
elevation-m = 217
coordinates = coord|41|46|19|N|088|28|32|W|type:airport_region:US
website =
r1-number = 9/27
r1-length-f = 6,501
r1-length-m = 1,982
r1-surface = Concrete
r2-number = 15/33
r2-length-f = 5,502
r2-length-m = 1,677
r2-surface = Concrete
r3-number = 18/36
r3-length-f = 3,199
r3-length-m = 975
r3-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 110,754
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 293
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=ARR|use=PU|own=PU|site=04506.*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Aurora Municipal Airport Airport codes|AUZ|KARR|ARR is a public airport located in the village Sugar Grove, convert|8|mi|km west of the city of Aurora, both in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Aurora. It is convert|35|mi|km west of Chicago and is designated as a reliever airport for Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports. [ [http://www.auroraairport.com/ Aurora Municipal Airport] (official web site)]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Aurora Municipal Airport is assigned ARR by the FAA and AUZ by the IATA (which assigned ARR to Alto Rio Senguerr, Argentina). The airport's ICAO identifier is KARR. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/AUZ Great Circle Mapper: AUZ / KARR - Chicago/Aurora, Illinois (Aurora Municipal Airport)] ] [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/ARR Great Circle Mapper: ARR / SAVR - Alto Rio Senguerr, Argentina (D. Casimiro Szlapelis Airport)] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Aurora Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,100 acres (445 ha) which contains three runways:
* Runway 9/27: 6,501 x 100 ft (1,982 x 30 m), Surface: Concrete
* Runway 15/33: 5,502 x 100 ft (1,677 x 30 m), Surface: Concrete
* Runway 18/36: 3,199 x 75 ft (975 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt

Current plans call for a parallel runway for 9/27 by 2009.Fact|date=February 2007

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2005, the airport had 110,754 aircraft operations, an average of 303 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 293 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single engine, 19% multi-engine, 9% jet aircraft and 1% helicopters.

Lumanair is the airport's fixed base operator (FBO).

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References

External links

* [http://www.auroraairport.com/Taxiway.htm Aurora Municipal Airport: Runway and taxiway diagram]
* [http://www.aurora-il.org/ City of Aurora, Illinois]
* [http://www.lumanair.com/index.html Lumanair Aviation Services] , fixed base operator
* [http://www.gauntletwarbirds.com Gauntlet Warbirds] , a warbird, aerobatic and tailwheel training center
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