MARION, IL (John Homan, Marion Republican. Please click on the link for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
Motorists making their way past Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois this weekend and Monday may see a plethora of planes of various colors and sizes parked on taxiways, grassy fields and even the east/west runway, says airport manager Doug Kimmel.
“This (eclipse weekend) will undoubtedly be the busiest weekend and Monday in terms of number of aircraft here at the airport we have ever seen,” he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see up to 200 aircraft here – from small single-engine planes that seat a couple to larger corporate jets that may seat up to 20.”
Kimmel said Midwest Aviation is coordinating the housing of planes at the airport. He said the airport doesn’t stand to benefit all that much financially.
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