# Jack W Watson Airport (0IL9)

**Jack W Watson Airport** (FAA: 0IL9) is a small airport in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. It opened in Mar 1967. It has one runway, 2,800 ft (853 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/0il9

## At a glance

- FAA: 0IL9
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: DeKalb, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Mar 1967
- Elevation: 880 ft / 268 m
- Coordinates: 41.8537, -88.7865
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 ft / 853 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35268175
- Weather station: KDKB
- Ident: 0IL9

## Timeline

- Mar 1967: Jack W Watson Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| E/W | 2,800 ft / 853 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,800 ft / 853 m | =17,690 of 29,858 | =7,482 in North America | =6,328 in US |
| Elevation | 880 ft / 268 m | =19,863 of 43,403 | =9,098 in North America | =7,410 in US |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =4,072 in North America | =3,985 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [IS80](https://dromopedia.com/airports/is80.md) Uncle Chuck's Airport · 4.4 mi / 7.1 km
- [08IL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-7144.md) Marshall Farms Airport · 6.7 mi / 11 km
- [56LL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/56ll.md) Wade Airport · 6.9 mi / 11 km
- [KDKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdkb.md) DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport · 7.1 mi / 11 km
- [0C2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0c2.md) Hinckley Airport · 7.1 mi / 11 km
- [59IL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/59il.md) Ruder Airport · 8.8 mi / 14 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/0il9/data