Lewis University Airport | |
Iata: | LOT |
Icao: | KLOT |
Faa: | LOT |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | Joliet Regional Port Dist. |
City-Served: | Chicago, Romeoville, Illinois |
Location: | Romeoville, Illinois |
Elevation-F: | 679 |
Elevation-M: | 207 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Illinois#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Illinois |
Pushpin Label: | LOT |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 2/20 |
R1-Length-F: | 6,500 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,981 |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
R2-Number: | 9/27 |
R2-Length-F: | 5,500 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,676 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2022 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 104,000 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 129 |
Footnotes: | Source: FAA[1] and airport website[2] [3] |
Utc: | -6 |
Utcs: | -5 |
Lewis University Airport is a public use airport located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Chicago, in the village of Romeoville in Will County, Illinois, United States. The Joliet Regional Port District assumed ownership of the airport in 1989.The National Weather Service Chicago, Illinois (Chicago Forecast Office) is adjacent to the airport.
Lewis University Airport was the original base for Clarence A. "Clancy" Hess's operation "Wings of Hope".[4]
The airport has had numerous upgrades in recent years, including widening and reconstructing of taxiways, updating airport lights, construction of a control tower, and renovation of ramps. With construction of the control tower, the airport hopes to attract more business aviation and more business jets to be based at Lewis University Airport.[5]
The airport's new control tower was completed in November 2022, and the tower opened on December 29 of that year. The project was supported by the Rebuild Illinois program, which was an economic bill sponsored by the State of Illinois to help recover from the Coronavirus pandemic. The state covered 75% of the $8 million project.[6] [7]
Lewis University Airport covers an area of 1000acres which contains two runways:
For 12-month period ending July 31, 2022, the airport had 104,000 aircraft operations, an average of 285 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. For the same time period, there were 129 aircraft based at this airport: 107 single-engine and 11 multi-engine airplanes, 7 jet airplanes, and 4 helicopters.[8] [9]
While no public transit service is provided directly to the airport, Pace provides bus service nearby.