Ingersoll Airport

Summary

Ingersoll Airport (ICAO: KCTK, FAA LID: CTK) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi, 3.7 km) northwest of the central business district of Canton, a city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The airport is owned by the Canton Park District.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Ingersoll Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCanton Park District
ServesCanton, Illinois
Elevation AMSL684 ft / 208 m
Coordinates40°34′09″N 90°04′29″W / 40.56917°N 90.07472°W / 40.56917; -90.07472
Maps
Location of Fulton County in Illinois
Location of Fulton County in Illinois
CTK is located in Fulton County, Illinois
CTK
CTK
Location of airport in Fulton County
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 3,295 1,004 Asphalt
18/36 3,899 1,188 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations19,000
Based aircraft32

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned CTK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

The airport received $360,000 as part of the Rebuild Illinois program to help the airport repair and maintain facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Facilities and aircraft edit

Ingersoll Airport covers an area of 232 acres (94 ha) at an elevation of 684 feet (208 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 is 3,899 by 75 feet (1,188 x 23 m) and 9/27 is 3,295 by 60 feet (1,004 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2021, the airport has an average of 52 aircraft operations per day, or roughly 19,000 per year. All traffic consists of general aviation. For that same period, there are 18 aircraft based on the airport: 17 single-engine and 1 multiengine.[5]

The airport has an FBO run by the Canton Park District. Fuel is available.[6]

Accidents & Incidents edit

  • On October 12, 2017, a Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2 crashed at Ingersoll during a training flight at night. The probable cause was found to be the flight instructor's cyclic control during a hover, resulting in a hard landing. The aircraft's main rotor was substantially damaged.[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for CTK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 30 June 2011.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Ingersoll Airport (FAA: CTK, ICAO: KCTK)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Ingersoll Airport among those to receive portion of state funding. Here's why!". Canton Daily Ledger. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  5. ^ "AirNav: KCTK Ingersoll Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  6. ^ "Canton Park District". FlightAware. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  7. ^ "Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2, N140SF, registered to BB&T Equipment Finance Corporation and operated by OSF Aviation LLC: Accident occurred October 12, 2017 at Ingersoll Airport (KCTK), Canton, Fulton County, Illinois". Kathryn's Report. Retrieved 2022-11-17.

External links edit

  • Aerial photo as of 5 April 1998 from USGS The National Map
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for CTK, effective April 18, 2024
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for CTK
    • AirNav airport information for CTK
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for CTK