Willmar Municipal Airport
Willmar Municipal Airport , also known as John L. Rice Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located west of the central business district of Willmar, a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The airport opened in 2006 and is located two miles west of a closed airport which operated under the same name . Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Willmar Municipal Airport is assigned BDH by the FAA and ILL by IATA; BDH is used by the IATA for Bandar Lengeh Airport in Bandar Lengeh , Iran. Facilities and aircraft. Willmar Municipal Airport has two runways: 13/31 with a 5,500 x 100 ft. (1,676 x 30 m) asphalt pavement and 3/21 with a 3,000 x 250 ft. (914 x 76 m) turf surface. Earlier airport. The first Willmar Municipal Airport was established in 1934 as a federal work relief project of the National Youth Administration during the New Deal.