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Aurora Municipal Airport

Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport is a public airport opened in April 1966, located in the village of Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States, 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Aurora, both in Kane County. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Aurora. It is 50 miles (80 km) west of Chicago and is designated as a reliever airport for Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports.

Facilities and aircraft
Aurora Municipal Airport covers an area of , and contains three runways: J.A. Air Center and Revv Aviation are the airport's two fixed-base operators (FBOs). Together, they offer services such as fuel, general maintenance, hangars, courtesy cars and shuttles, conference rooms, crew lounges, snooze rooms, and more. They also offer flight training, aircraft rentals, and charter service businesses. The airport received money from the Rebuild Illinois program, designed in 2021 to help airports complete upgrades and stay open during the COVID-19 pandemic, to rehabilitate parking lots, the entrance road, and perimeter roadways. In late 2022, the airport authority approved plans to upgrade hangars and other facilities.{{Cite web |title=Holmes: $1.6 million in state funding coming for Aurora Municipal Airport upgrades ==Incidents==
Incidents
• On June 13, 2011, the aircraft Liberty Belle, a B-17 Flying Fortress, crashed in Oswego, Illinois, after taking off from Aurora. Early reports indicate that, shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported an engine fire and attempted to return to the airfield. He was unable to do so, however, and chose instead to put the aircraft down in a nearby cornfield with seven people on board, all of whom were reported safe. ==Gallery==
Gallery
Image:Aurora Municipal Airport (Illinois)-2.JPG|Aurora Municipal Airport (west side) Image:Aurora Municipal Airport (Illinois)-3.JPG|Air Classics Museum building Image:Aurora Municipal Airport (Illinois)-4.JPG|Air Classics Museum display ==See also==
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