CMI

University of Illinois Willard Airport

ICAO KCMI40.0398°N 88.2762°W755 ft / 230 mMedium airport
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University of Illinois Willard Airport (IATA: CMI, ICAO: KCMI) is a medium airport in Savoy, Illinois, United States. It opened in 1954. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,101 ft (2,469 m). It is operated by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2025 it handled 173 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954
1954
OpenedUniversity of Illinois Willard Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
14L/32R136° / 316° · LIT
LENGTH8,101 ft2,469 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
04/22041° / 221° · LIT
LENGTH6,502 ft1,982 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
14R/32L136° / 316° · LIT
LENGTH3,816 ft1,163 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
179K
176K
198K
217K
209K
71K
113K
129K
140K
172K
173K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CMI. From the Wikipedia article “University of Illinois Willard Airport” (revision of 24 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers173K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,598of 3,974 · #359 North America · #239 USLongest runway8,101 ft2,469 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,632of 29,823 · =521 North America · =385 USElevation755 ft230 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=22,238of 43,341 · =10,525 North America · =8,681 USAgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =2,782 North America · =2,717 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 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

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DCHAMPAIGN APP/DEP121.350
ATISATIS124.850
CLDCLNC DEL128.750
CTAFCTAF120.400
GNDGND121.800
RDOST LOUIS RDO110.000
TWRCHAMPAIGN TWR118.250
UNICUNICOM122.950