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Caption: Dedication - Willard Airport
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AIRPORT DATA Purpose of the Airport: To implement a comprehensive program of education and research in aeronautics, and to provide commercial and private landing facilities for the promotion of American air transport and national defense. Location: Tolono Township, Champaign County, near Route U.S. 45; six miles southwest of Illini Union Building on the campus. Owner and Sponsor: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Construction Agencies: Civil Aeronautics Administration, Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, D. C , and Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Area: 762 acres. Runways: Three, each 5300 feet long, 150 feet wide, paved with concrete. One, turfed ( E - W ) , 4000 feet long, 150 feet wide. Taxiways: Paved with concrete; 50 feet wide; total length, 12,000 feet. Total Paved Area: 338,000 square yards (equivalent to 29 miles of highway surface* 20 feet wide. Drainage Pipe: ^89,000 feet (equivalent to 17 miles). Contractors: Johnson-Greene Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan, grading and drainage. Cooke Contracting Company, Detroit, Michigan, paving, Chas. M. Porter Company, Maywood, Illinois, drainage, Terry Baker Company, St. Louis, Missouri, seeding. John Felmley Company, Bloomington, Illinois, hangar erection and apron construction. Champaign Plumbing and Heating Company, Champaign, Illinois, plumbing and heating installation. Construction Starting Date: May 31, 1944. «{20f
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