Galesburg Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Galesburg

Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County....

, a city in Knox County

Knox County, Illinois

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, Illinois

Illinois

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, United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Galesburg Municipal Airport covers an area of 623 acres (252.1 ha) which contains two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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s: 3/21 measuring 5,793 x 150 ft (1,766 x 46 m) and 10/28 measuring 3,601 x 100 ft (1,098 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 14,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 79% general aviation

General aviation

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, 18% air taxi

Air taxi

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and 3% military.

External links

• Galesburg Municipal Airport at City of Galesburg web site