# Friends Field (7IL9)

**Friends Field** (FAA: 7IL9) is a small airport in Serena, Illinois, United States. It opened in Dec 2016. It has one runway, 2,170 ft (661 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0579

## At a glance

- FAA: 7IL9
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Serena, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Dec 2016
- Elevation: 621 ft / 189 m
- Coordinates: 41.4815, -88.7051
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,170 ft / 661 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74843462
- Weather station: KC09
- Ident: US-0579

## Timeline

- Dec 2016: Friends Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,170 ft / 661 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,170 ft / 661 m | =23,391 of 29,858 | =11,140 in North America | =9,734 in US |
| Elevation | 621 ft / 189 m | =24,955 of 43,403 | =12,003 in North America | =9,996 in US |
| Age | Opened 2016 | =13,341 of 15,079 | =10,638 in North America | =10,501 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/us-0579/data