Willmar Municipal Airport


Willmar Municipal Airport, also known as John L. Rice Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located west of the central business district of Willmar, a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The airport opened in 2006 and is located two miles west of a closed airport which operated under the same name.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Willmar Municipal Airport is assigned BDH by the FAA and ILL by IATA; BDH is used by the IATA for Bandar Lengeh Airport in Bandar Lengeh, Iran.

Facilities and aircraft

Willmar Municipal Airport has two runways: 13/31 with a 5,500 x 100 ft. asphalt pavement and 3/21 with a 3,000 x 250 ft. turf surface.

Earlier airport

The first Willmar Municipal Airport was established in 1934 as a federal work relief project during the New Deal.

Historical Scheduled Service