Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) is a medium airport in Springfield, IL. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KSPI or IATA code SPI. It sits in North America.

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

The longest runway measures 8,001 ft (2,439 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport sits near sea level at 598 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess currently tracks 187 departing and 91 arriving private-jet legs at KSPI across the next six months of operator inventory. 4 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KSPI are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport – also known as Springfield Airport – is a civil-military airport in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States, located approximately three miles (6 km) northwest of downtown Springfield. It is owned by the Springfield Airport Authority (SAA).