# W Davis Airport (IL87)

**W Davis Airport** (FAA: IL87) is a small airport in Compton, Illinois, United States. It opened in Aug 1964. It has one runway, 2,000 ft (610 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/il87

## At a glance

- FAA: IL87
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Compton, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Aug 1964
- Elevation: 930 ft / 284 m
- Coordinates: 41.7111, -89.1123
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 ft / 610 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35316169
- Weather station: KRPJ
- Ident: IL87

## Timeline

- Aug 1964: W Davis Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| N/S | 2,000 ft / 610 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 ft / 610 m | =24,247 of 29,858 | =11,669 in North America | =10,238 in US |
| Elevation | 930 ft / 284 m | =18,895 of 43,403 | =8,550 in North America | =6,908 in US |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =3,671 in North America | =3,589 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/il87/data