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Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG), recently redesignated Harrel W. Timmons Galesburg Regional Airport, lies three miles west of Galesburg, Illinois, and has served the area's general aviation and business flying since the mid-twentieth century. It offers a lit hard-surface runway with an ILS approach alongside two shorter runways, making it a capable and interesting stop for VFR pilots touring the Illinois prairie.
Galesburg Municipal Airport, now officially named Harrel W. Timmons Galesburg Regional Airport in honour of the aviator and mechanic who built up its fixed-base operation, is a city-owned public-use field three miles west of downtown Galesburg in Knox County, Illinois. It combines a full-length lit runway with ILS guidance and two shorter strips, giving it more capability than many small Midwestern fields, while its long association with the Boeing Stearman biplane and its annual fly-in give it a distinctive character for visiting pilots.
The airport sits three miles west of Galesburg's central business district in Knox County, Illinois. Quad City Approach/Departure provides the surrounding terminal radar service on 118.2 MHz, and clearance delivery is available on 120.7 MHz for those departing under instrument flight rules.
Galesburg has three physical runways. Runway 03/21 is the primary hard-surfaced strip at 5,740 feet, lit, with an ILS serving runway 03. Runway 10/28 is a shorter hard-surfaced runway of 3,553 feet, also lit. A third, unlit grass runway, 03R/21L, runs alongside the main runway at 1,803 feet. Field elevation is 758 feet.
Traffic at Galesburg works CTAF/Unicom on 123 MHz. An AWOS-3 automated weather observing system broadcasts on 109.8 MHz, the same frequency listed for Kankakee Radio flight service. Quad City Approach/Departure handles arrivals and departures on 118.2 MHz, and IFR clearance delivery is available on 120.7 MHz. The field's ILS approach serves runway 03.
Ozark Air Lines operated scheduled service into Galesburg from 1960 until the mid-1970s, with morning and evening flights linking the city to St. Louis and Chicago. The airport had a control tower until the 1980s, after which the building stood vacant for decades before its removal was announced in 2019, officials citing disrepair and its tendency to attract wildlife. In 2024 the airport was redesignated a regional airport by the FAA, unlocking additional annual funding and easier access to further grants. In 2025 it was renamed Harrel W. Timmons Galesburg Regional Airport, honouring the pilot and aircraft mechanic who founded the airport's fixed-base operator and oversaw its growth, including the regional designation. Since 1972 Galesburg has hosted the National Stearman Fly-In, an annual gathering of Boeing Stearman biplanes from around the world, drawing more than 100 aircraft each year for forums, aerobatics, rides, and STOL and flour-bombing competitions.
The airport covers 623 acres and has two paved runways plus a grass strip, with hangars and taxiways rebuilt in 2019. A fixed-base operator provides fuel and related services, and the field supports a mix of general aviation, air taxi and occasional military traffic, with light single and twin-engine aircraft, a jet and a helicopter based there. It remains the home of the annual National Stearman Fly-In, held around Labor Day, with a dedicated Stearman Community Center built in 2022 to support the event.
