Coles County Memorial Airport


Coles County Memorial Airport is between Mattoon and Charleston in Coles County, Illinois. Owned by the Coles County Airport Authority, it is five miles east of Mattoon and six miles west of Charleston. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.
Airline flights started in 1955; Ozark left in 1980. American Eagle flew to Chicago's O'Hare until 1991. Midway Connections also flew to Midway International in Chicago. Airline service ended in 2000 when Great Lakes Airlines, which operated flights to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport through the Purdue University Airport, left the airport. The service was under the United Express name.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,225 acres at an elevation of 722 feet. It has three runways:
Other facilities:
In 2010 the airport had 32,708 aircraft operations, average 89 per day: 92% general aviation, 8% air taxi, and <1% military. 60 aircraft were then based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 5% helicopter, and 5% ultralight.