# Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI / KSPI)

**Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport** (IATA: SPI, ICAO: KSPI) is a medium airport in Springfield, Illinois, United States. It opened in Mar 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,001 ft (2,439 m). In 2025 it handled 100 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SPI / KSPI
- FAA: SPI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Springfield, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Mar 1947
- Elevation: 598 ft / 182 m
- Coordinates: 39.8441, -89.6779
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,001 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 11 approaches
- Passengers: 99,622 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.flyspi.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Capital_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1320523
- Weather station: KSPI · WMO 72439
- Ident: KSPI

## Timeline

- Mar 1947: Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 042° / 222° | yes |
| 13/31 | 7,399 ft / 2,255 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00518AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 182,921 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 189,049 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 183,836 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 155,744 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 150,799 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 69,299 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 122,692 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 147,056 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 102,019 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 105,721 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 99,622 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 174 mi / 280 km · American Eagle
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 921 mi / 1,483 km · Breeze Airways
- [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · United States · 996 mi / 1,603 km · Allegiant Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 1
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1
- MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 100K (2025) | #1,821 of 3,974 | #410 in North America | #275 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | =2,731 of 29,858 | =564 in North America | =419 in US |
| Elevation | 598 ft / 182 m | #25,410 of 43,403 | #12,232 in North America | #10,197 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SPRINGFIELD APP/DEP | 118.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.650 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.700 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 121.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| OPS | ANG OPS | 27.217 |
| RDO | ST LOUIS RDO | 122.250 |
| TWR | SPRINGFIELD TWR | 121.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 131.420 |

## Nearby airports

- [DEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdec.md) Decatur Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [PIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpia.md) General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport · 57 mi / 91 km
- [BMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbmi.md) Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal · 59 mi / 96 km
- [ALN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaln.md) St Louis Regional Airport · 69 mi / 111 km
- [CMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcmi.md) University of Illinois Willard Airport · 75 mi / 121 km
- [UIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuin.md) Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field · 81 mi / 130 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: “Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham_Lincoln_Capital_Airport&oldid=1371333175), revision of 25 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/kspi/data