Willmar Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 45°07′04″N 095°07′50″W / 45.11778°N 95.13056°W / 45.11778; -95.13056

Willmar Municipal Airport
John L. Rice Field
IATA: ILL – ICAO: KBDH – FAA LID: BDH
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Willmar
Serves Willmar, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,126 ft / 343 m
Map
BDH
BDH

Location of airport in Minnesota/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
3/21 3,000 914 Turf

Willmar Municipal Airport (IATA: ILL, ICAO: KBDH, FAA LID: BDH), also known as John L. Rice Field, is a city owned public use airport located west of the central business district of Willmar, a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States.[1] The airport opened in 2006 and is located two miles west of a closed airport which operated under the same name (IATA: ILL, ICAO: KILL, FAA LID: ILL).[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Willmar Municipal Airport is assigned BDH by the FAA and ILL by IATA for obvious historical reason.[3] Note that IATA assigned BDH to Bandar Lengeh Airport in Bandar Lengeh, Iran.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Willmar Municipal Airport has two runways: 13/31 with a 5,500 x 100 ft. (1,676 x 30 m) asphalt pavement and 3/21 with a 3,000 x 250 ft. (914 x 76 m) turf surface.

Earlier airport

The first Willmar Municipal Airport was established in 1934 as a federal work relief project during the New Deal.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 FAA Airport Master Record for BDH (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ↑ New Airport Information at City of Willmar web site
  3. ↑ KBDH - Willmar Municipal Airport - Willmar, Minnesota at Great Circle Mapper
  4. ↑ BDH / OIBL - Bandar Lengeh, Iran at Great Circle Mapper
  5. ↑ Peterson, Bruce D. (September 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Willmar Municipal Airport" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
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