DuPage Airport (IATA: DPA , ICAO: KDPA , FAA LID: DPA ) is a public aviation airport located 29 miles (47 km) west of downtown Chicago in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois. Owned and operated by DuPage Airport Authority, which is an independent government body established by law by the State of Illinois. It also serves as a relief airport for O'Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport, both near Chicago.
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Histori
DuPage Airport lies in what used to be a sheep grazing land, but in 1927 two Chicago businessmen bought land and started barnstorming, using the field as a grass path. In 1941, the US Navy took over DuPage Airport, built a hangar-hangar brick, opened two runways in an "X" pattern and began training pilots for war effort. The airport was officially activated in March 1943. Hangar and the original runway configuration still exist, although one runway is closed and now taxiway C.
A year after the Navy began operations, Howard Aircraft Corporation opened a factory east of the airport across the street. The company built more than 500 trainers, air transport and air ambulance for the military, and Howard employees regularly look to push the plane across the road to a small airport to test their flying.
In 1946, with the war over, the Navy sold the airport to DuPage County for $ 1. The postwar boom saw much regional growth and the airport bouncing it by adding east/west bases and five-story control towers and making plans for further expansion.
In the late 1970s, DuPage Airport was designated as a relief airport for public aircraft, and in the early 1980s, airport authorities embarked on an expansion project to accommodate increased traffic.
However, planners learned a lesson from the fate of the beleaguered and confined Midway Airport. Surrounded by homes, restaurants, and other small businesses, Midway found itself unable to grow and neighbors filed a series of endless noise complaints. DuPage County will not make the same mistake.
The airport grew from 900 hectares (360 hectares) in 1985 to 2,800 hectares (1,100 hectares) in 1992, with the aim of maintaining control over all properties around the runway complex. Much of the land is obtained to provide a large buffer zone around the airport.
During the summer of 2012, the 2R/20L runway is extended by 1,343 feet with a total length of 6,443 feet.
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Facilities and airplanes
DuPage Airport Authority has 2,800 hectares (1,100 ha) and operates four separate business units. This multifaceted business portfolio includes DuPage Airport, one of Illinois's busiest airports, associated fixed-base operators, golf courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., and DuPage County's largest research and development park.
DuPage Airport is located on 1,200 acres (490 ha) and is the only public aviation airport in Illinois with four active runways, two ILS approaches, 24-hour FAA air control towers and more than 40 aviation and non-flight support businesses. DPA also has a US Customs Office in place.
For the 12 month period ending July 31, 2008, the airport has 99,802 aircraft operations, averaging 273 per day: 95% of public flights, 4% of air taxis, & lt; 1% military, and & lt; 1% is commercially scheduled. There are 365 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single engine, 14% multi-engine, 16% jet, and 1% helicopter.
DuPage Airport also serves as the base for the Illinois Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
Cargo operations
Dupage cargo carrier LLC is a private cargo carrier owned by the Griswald family and partly owned by businessman Samuel P Cushing in 2017.
Reception
The airport faced severe political criticism in the 1980s and 1990s. The 1995 magazine exhibition Chicago calls it "A Monument to Lavish Spending of Taxpayers' Money, the Haven of GOP Patronage, and the Target of the Federal Probe."
According to an article by John K. Wilson: Philip, DuPage airport patron, helped drive a very expensive company, including land purchase that made it four times larger than Midway Airport, the $ 10 million terminal, a $ 14 million golf course, and a chartered airline run by the airport. DuPage Airport's budget grew from $ 1.6 million in 1984 to $ 46 million in 1993 when airport usage declined. In 1992, DuPage Airport dealt only 177,000 runways and landings, while Aurora Municipal Airport took care of 134,000 runways and landings at a cost of only $ 2 million.
According to the May 2006 article at Aviation International News:
- Prior to 2003, the airport experienced a deteriorating trend in deteriorating annual operations. The trend was reversed in 2003 and the airport continues to show an increase in quarterly operating results since then. Last year the airport experienced a record-breaking year, with revenues up and shopping down. The cornerstone of airport finance is a mission statement developed by the Airport Board of Commissioners in 2003. It sets the framework for moving airports to operations as self-sustaining facilities while contributing to the economic impact of the area. Aggressive philosophy has produced two rents that will carry 60,000 sq ft (6,000 m 2 ) from the new hangar room to the airport. The airport also developed another 48,000 square feet (4,500 m 2 ) from the hangar room .
In June 2010, the DuPage National Technology Park board, a 800-acre (3.2 km km) technology park that guarantees a $ 34 million state grant calling for the dissolution of their organization.
See also
- List of airports in Illinois
- List of airports in the Chicago area
References
External links
- DuPage Airport, the official website
- FAA Airport Chart Ã, (PDF) , effective June 21, 2018
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for DPA
- AirNav airport information for KDPA
- ASN accident history for DPA
- FlightAware airport information and direct flight trackers
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical graphs, Terminal Procedures
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