Willard University Airport
University of Illinois Willard Airport (IATA: CMI) is an airport owned and operated by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign located south of Savoy in Tolono Township, Champaign County, Illinois. It serves the greater Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area in East Central Illinois. Willard Airport is named for former University of Illinois president Arthur Cutts Willard, and home to the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation, which is a major research facility at the university.
The airport was dedicated on 26 October 1945. The first scheduled commercial flights began in 1954.The terminal building constructed in 1960 was used until the present terminal was completed in 1987.By 1969, Willard had become the second-busiest airport in the state of Illinois.
Here are some of the major Airlines that service University of Illinois Willard Airport:
- American Eagle
- Delta Connection operated by Mesaba Airlines
- Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines
The above mentioned information is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Willard_Airport.