The Picnkeyville/Du Quoin Airport (ICAO: KPJY, FAA: PJY) is a civil, public use airport located 6 miles southeast of Pinckneyville and about 9 miles west of Du Quoin, Illinois, United States. The airport is publicly owned by the two cities.[1]
The airport received $100,000 from the State of Illinois as part of the Rebuild Illinois program during the COVID-19 pandemic. The money went toward buying snow removal equipment.[2]
The airport has one runway: runway 18/36 is 3999 x 60 ft (1219 x 18 m) and made of asphalt.[1][3][4][5]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2021, the airport averaged 22 aircraft operations per day, or about 8,000 per year, consisting entirely of general aviation operations. For the same time period, there were 17 aircraft on the field, all single-engineairplanes.[3][5]
The airport is served by an fixed-base operator called Sparta Aero Services. It offers fuel, aircraft hangars and parking, a conference room, and pilot lounges.[4][6]
Accidents and incidentsedit
On January 14, 1998, a Beechcraft 95-55 Baron while flying an RNAV GPSapproach to the Pinckneyville-Du Quoin Airport. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot's descent below minimum descent altitude and his intentional operation with known deficiencies in equipment.[7]
On July 14, 2003, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk operated by Southern Illinois University as an instructional airplane was substantially damaged during final approach to the Pinckneyville-Du Quoin Airport. The airplane struck a runway threshold light at the approach end of the runway. According to the flight instructor onboard, the private pilot was practicing short field landings, soft field landings, and slips during the flight. While performing a slip to landing, the student's approach became low. The instructor attempted to add power, but the airplane could not recover and impacted a threshold light on the runway. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain the planned approach and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.[8]
On February 10, 2007, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk struck a deer while landing at the Pinckneyville-Du Quoin Airport. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the presence of a deer on the runway, resulting in an inadvertent collision during the landing roll.[9]
pinckneyville, duquoin, airport, picnkeyville, quoin, airport, icao, kpjy, civil, public, airport, located, miles, southeast, pinckneyville, about, miles, west, quoin, illinois, united, states, airport, publicly, owned, cities, pinckneyville, quoin, airportiat. The Picnkeyville Du Quoin Airport ICAO KPJY FAA PJY is a civil public use airport located 6 miles southeast of Pinckneyville and about 9 miles west of Du Quoin Illinois United States The airport is publicly owned by the two cities 1 Pinckneyville Du Quoin AirportIATA noneICAO KPJYFAA LID PJYSummaryAirport typePublicOwnerCITIES OF DU QUOIN PINCKNEYVILLEOperatorSparta Aero ServicesServesPinckneyville Illinois Du Quoin IllinoisLocationPerry County IllinoisTime zoneUTC 06 00 6 Summer DST UTC 05 00 5 Elevation AMSL400 ft 122 mRunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m18 36 3 999 1 219 AsphaltStatistics 2021 Aircraft Movements8 000The airport received 100 000 from the State of Illinois as part of the Rebuild Illinois program during the COVID 19 pandemic The money went toward buying snow removal equipment 2 Contents 1 Facilities and aircraft 2 Accidents and incidents 3 See also 4 ReferencesFacilities and aircraft editThe airport has one runway runway 18 36 is 3999 x 60 ft 1219 x 18 m and made of asphalt 1 3 4 5 For the 12 month period ending April 30 2021 the airport averaged 22 aircraft operations per day or about 8 000 per year consisting entirely of general aviation operations For the same time period there were 17 aircraft on the field all single engine airplanes 3 5 The airport is served by an fixed base operator called Sparta Aero Services It offers fuel aircraft hangars and parking a conference room and pilot lounges 4 6 Accidents and incidents editOn January 14 1998 a Beechcraft 95 55 Baron while flying an RNAV GPS approach to the Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot s descent below minimum descent altitude and his intentional operation with known deficiencies in equipment 7 On July 14 2003 a Cessna 172 Skyhawk operated by Southern Illinois University as an instructional airplane was substantially damaged during final approach to the Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport The airplane struck a runway threshold light at the approach end of the runway According to the flight instructor onboard the private pilot was practicing short field landings soft field landings and slips during the flight While performing a slip to landing the student s approach became low The instructor attempted to add power but the airplane could not recover and impacted a threshold light on the runway The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot receiving instruction s failure to maintain the planned approach and the flight instructor s delayed remedial action 8 On February 10 2007 a Cessna 172 Skyhawk struck a deer while landing at the Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport The probable cause of the accident was found to be the presence of a deer on the runway resulting in an inadvertent collision during the landing roll 9 See also editList of airports in Illinois South Central TransitReferences edit a b FAA Information about Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport airport data com Retrieved 2022 07 12 Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport gets Rebuild Illinois grant Part of 94 million going to 96 airports in state DuQuoin Call Retrieved 2022 07 12 a b Airnav KPJY Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport AirNav com Retrieved 2022 07 12 a b Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport KPJY AOPA Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association AOPA Retrieved 2022 07 12 a b PJY Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport SkyVector Retrieved 2022 07 12 Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport FlightAware Retrieved 2022 07 12 Beech 95 55 crash in Illinois N54643 PlaneCrashMap com planecrashmap com Retrieved 2023 07 06 Cessna 172P crash in Illinois N98395 PlaneCrashMap com planecrashmap com Retrieved 2023 07 06 Cessna 172N crash in Illinois N9478E PlaneCrashMap com planecrashmap com Retrieved 2023 07 06 37 58 38 N 089 21 38 W 37 97722 N 89 36056 W 37 97722 89 36056 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pinckneyville DuQuoin Airport amp oldid 1206825643, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
