# Prairie Airport (83IS)

**Prairie Airport** (FAA: 83IS) is a small airport in Irvington, Illinois, United States. It opened in Sep 1975. It has one runway, 2,800 ft (853 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/83is

## At a glance

- FAA: 83IS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Irvington, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Sep 1975
- Elevation: 550 ft / 168 m
- Coordinates: 38.4264, -89.1312
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 ft / 853 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61667742
- Weather station: KENL
- Ident: 83IS

## Timeline

- Sep 1975: Prairie Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,800 ft / 853 m | 89 ft / 27 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 | 550 ft / 168 m | =26,224 of 43,403 | =12,569 in North America | =10,493 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [ENL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kenl.md) Centralia Municipal Airport · 6.5 mi / 10 km
- [US-5537](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5537.md) Twenhafel Field · 13 mi / 22 km
- [MVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmvn.md) Mount Vernon Outland Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [SLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslo.md) Salem–Leckrone Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [3IS6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3is6.md) Davy Jones Private Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [US-7407](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-7407.md) Hams Airport · 21 mi / 34 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/83is/data