THE FOLLOWING IS A VERMILION REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY RELEASE
The project has been in planning since 2018 with IDOT Aeronautics as the top priority for the Vermilion Regional Airport Improvement Plan. During 2021/2022 key compliance deadlines were missed putting these monies at risk of re-distribution to other Illinois airports. In October
2022 Airport Management was granted compliance extension through December, 2022. The Airport Submittals were completed December 16, accepted and contract agreed between IDOT and Vermilion Regional Airport.
New FAA standards require a larger Runway Safety Area which means the existing Taxiway must be removed, and relocated further away from runway 3/21. Taxiway Alpha is approximately 4,000 feet long and critical to our primary runway 3/21. All this is included in Three phases of construction to be completed by 2028.
Runway 3/21 is our most capable runway with 6,000 feet of length, state-of-the-art NAVAIDS including ILS, RNAV GPS, VOR & Localizer Instrument approaches, PAPPI and VASI Visual Glideslope approaches and MALSR advance Landing Lighting.
This runway is critical to the Air Cargo company who provide the UPS Overnight Express service for the Danville area. This Air Cargo aircraft loads at the Danville Airport each evening Monday through Friday and fly’s to Louisville, KY for the package sort, returning to Danville the next morning. Local company Hyster-Yale relies heavily on this capability to service their parts customers in the Americas. & worldwide.
A planning meeting is scheduled for late February which will determine the start dates for construction at the Danville airport.
