Hinckley Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPartners Investment Cap Inc.
ServesHinckley, Illinois
Elevation AMSL760 ft / 232 m
Coordinates41°46′15″N 088°42′12″W / 41.77083°N 88.70333°W / 41.77083; -88.70333
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,640 805 Turf
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations48,000
Based aircraft35

Hinckley Airport (FAA LID: 0C2) is a privately owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Hinckley, a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States.[1][2][3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Hinckley Airport covers an area of 22 acres (8.9 ha) at an elevation of 760 feet (232 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with a 2,640 by 100 ft (805 x 30 m) turf surface.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2019, the airport had 48,000 aircraft operations, an average of 131 per day, all of which were general aviation. At that time there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 25 gliders and 10 airplanes, 9 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1][5][6]

The airport does not have an FBO, and no fuel is available.[6]

Accidents & Incidents

  • On September 7, 1992, a Beechcraft 18 operating a skydiving flight crashed after taking off from Hinckley Airport. Witnesses reported seeing the plane flying low after takeoff and "floating as if it was without power." The plane soon flipped over and crashed. All 12 onboard died.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 0C2 PDF, effective 2008-09-25.
  2. 1 2 "K0C2". fltplan.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  3. 1 2 "Hinckley Airport – K0C2". AirportGuide. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  4. 1 2 "0C2 – Hinckley Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  5. 1 2 "AirNav: 0C2 – Hinckley Airport". AirNav. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  6. 1 2 3 "Hinckley Airport – 0C2 – AOPA". Aircraft Owners and Pilots (AOPA). Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  7. ↑ "SKYDIVING PLANE CRASHES IN ILLINOIS, KILLING 12". Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
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