Willmar_Municipal_Airport

Willmar Municipal Airport

Willmar Municipal Airport

Airport

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]

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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;[3] BDH is used by the IATA for 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 of the National Youth Administration during the New Deal.[5]

Historical Scheduled Service

See also

References

  1. [1]
    FAA Airport Form 5010 for BDH PDF. Retrieved December 12, 2007
  2. [2]
    "New Airport Information". City of Willmar, Minnesota. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "KBDH - Willmar [Muni-John L Rice Field], MN, US - Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "BDH - Bandar Lengeh, 23, IR - Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  5. [5]
    Peterson, Bruce D. (September 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Willmar Municipal Airport" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Watertown Airways". Airline Timetable Images. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  7. [7]
    "MVA - Mississippi Valley Airlines". Airline Timetable Images. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
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