# Greater Kankakee Airport (IKK / KIKK)

**Greater Kankakee Airport** (IATA: IKK, ICAO: KIKK) is a medium airport in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. It opened in 1962. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,981 ft (1,823 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IKK / KIKK
- FAA: IKK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kankakee, Illinois, United States
- Opened: 1962 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 630 ft / 192 m
- Coordinates: 41.0714, -87.8463
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,981 ft / 1,823 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.kvaa.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Kankakee_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3913789
- Weather station: KIKK
- Ident: KIKK

## Timeline

- 1962: Greater Kankakee Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 5,981 ft / 1,823 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 038° / 218° | yes |
| 16/34 | 4,398 ft / 1,341 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 161° / 341° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,981 ft / 1,823 m | =4,750 of 29,858 | #1,413 in North America | #1,109 in US |
| Elevation | 630 ft / 192 m | #24,831 of 43,403 | #11,934 in North America | #9,944 in US |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =3,377 in North America | =3,299 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 111.600 |
| CNTR | CHICAGO CNTR | 132.500 |
| FSS | KANKAKEE RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [GYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgyy.md) Gary/Chicago International Airport · 44 mi / 71 km
- [MDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdw.md) Chicago Midway International Airport · 50 mi / 80 km
- [VPZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvpz.md) Porter County Municipal Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [DPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdpa.md) Dupage Airport · 61 mi / 99 km
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 63 mi / 101 km
- [LAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klaf.md) Purdue University Airport · 66 mi / 106 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Greater Kankakee Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greater_Kankakee_Airport&oldid=1365298096), revision of 21 Jul 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/kikk/data