About The Crawford County Airport

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces during 1942/43 as an auxiliary airfield for George Army Airfield, near Lawrenceville, Illinois. It was known simply as George Army Airfield Auxiliary #4. The two runways in use today were built during that period.
The airport was used to help train medium bomber and transport pilots, who used it for emergencies or practiced touch-and-go landings. It was not manned, and at the end of World War II, it was simply abandoned; the land turned over to local authorities, like many other small auxiliary airfields.
In June 1948, under the Surplus Property Act of 1947, the Army transferred the airport and its facilities to the city of Robinson to maintain airfield operations. The city managed the airfield until July 1961. In December 1959, a local referendum established the Robinson Community Airport Authority (RCAA). After the RCAA's incorporation in July 1961, the city handed over airport operations to the authority. The RCAA operated the airport from 1961 to 2007. In fall 2006, the Illinois State Legislature amended the Illinois Airport Authorities Act, dissolving the RCAA and transferring its responsibilities to the newly formed Crawford County Airport Authority (CCAA).