# Silver Creek Gliderport (3IL1)

**Silver Creek Gliderport** (FAA: 3IL1) is a small airport in New Douglas, Illinois, United States. It opened in Feb 1998. It has one runway, 2,500 ft (762 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/3il1

## At a glance

- FAA: 3IL1
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: New Douglas, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Feb 1998
- Elevation: 595 ft / 181 m
- Coordinates: 38.9253, -89.6622
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 ft / 762 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.silvercreekgliderclub.com/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74843227
- Weather station: K3LF
- Ident: 3IL1

## Timeline

- Feb 1998: Silver Creek Gliderport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 ft / 762 m | =20,464 of 29,858 | =9,064 in North America | =7,805 in US |
| Elevation | 595 ft / 181 m | =25,443 of 43,403 | =12,243 in North America | =10,206 in US |
| Age | Opened 1998 | =10,861 of 15,079 | =8,506 in North America | =8,390 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## 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/3il1/data