Campbell Airport is a public-use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Grayslake

Grayslake, Illinois

Grayslake is a village in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area, about north of Chicago’s downtown, west of Lake Michigan, and south of the Wisconsin border....

, a village in Lake County

Lake County, Illinois

Lake County is a county in the northeastern corner of the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 703,462, which is an increase of 9.2% from 644,356 in 2000. Its county seat is Waukegan. The county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area...

, Illinois

Illinois

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, United States

United States

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. It is privately owned by Kane Illinois Properties, Inc.

Facilities and aircraft

Campbell Airport covers an area of 243 acres (98.3 ha) which contains two runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 9/27 with a 3,270 x 40 ft (997 x 12 m) asphalt

Asphalt

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 pavement and 6/24 with a 3,573 x 40 ft (1,089 x 12 m) asphalt and turf

Grass

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 surface.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 30,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day. There are 93 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 1% helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

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