IL59

Chicago Glider Club Gliderport

FAA IL5941.4320°N 88.2473°W590 ft / 180 mSmall airport
On the map

Chicago Glider Club Gliderport (FAA: IL59) is a small airport in Channahon, Illinois, United States. It opened in Jul 1973. It has one runway, 2,000 ft (610 m) long, grass.

Timeline

1 event · 1973–1973
JUL 1973
OpenedChicago Glider Club Gliderport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
E/W
LENGTH2,000 ft610 mWIDTH250 ft76 mSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,000 ft610 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=24,225of 29,823 · =11,665 North America · =10,234 USElevation590 ft180 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=25,523of 43,341 · =12,282 North America · =10,236 USAgeOpened 19732026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,834of 15,079 · =4,976 North America · =4,884 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record