# University of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI / KCMI)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CMI / KCMI
- FAA: CMI
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Serves: Savoy, Illinois, United States
- Opened: 1954
- Elevation: 755 ft / 230 m
- Coordinates: 40.0398, -88.2762
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 8,101 ft / 2,469 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 173,193 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Willard_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430662
- Weather station: KCMI
- Ident: KCMI

## Timeline

- 1954: University of Illinois Willard Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14L/32R | 8,101 ft / 2,469 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |
| 04/22 | 6,502 ft / 1,982 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 041° / 221° | yes |
| 14R/32L | 3,816 ft / 1,163 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00709AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 178,770 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 175,577 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 197,951 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 217,411 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 209,453 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 70,944 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 113,386 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 128,509 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 139,902 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 172,376 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 173,193 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 135 mi / 218 km · American Eagle
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 693 mi / 1,115 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CMI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 173K (2025) | #1,598 of 3,974 | #359 in North America | #239 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,101 ft / 2,469 m | =2,633 of 29,858 | =521 in North America | =385 in US |
| Elevation | 755 ft / 230 m | =22,259 of 43,403 | =10,529 in North America | =8,685 in US |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =2,782 in North America | =2,717 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CHAMPAIGN APP/DEP | 121.350 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.850 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 128.750 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | ST LOUIS RDO | 110.000 |
| TWR | CHAMPAIGN TWR | 118.250 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [DEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdec.md) Decatur Airport · 34 mi / 55 km
- [BMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbmi.md) Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal · 45 mi / 73 km
- [HUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khuf.md) Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman Field · 66 mi / 106 km
- [IKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kikk.md) Greater Kankakee Airport · 75 mi / 120 km
- [LAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klaf.md) Purdue University Airport · 75 mi / 121 km
- [SPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kspi.md) Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport · 75 mi / 121 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “University of Illinois Willard Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Illinois_Willard_Airport&oldid=1371154809), revision of 24 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kcmi/data