Scott Air Force Base MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Home of Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Scott AFB, 2 April 1998
FAA diagram for Scott AFB/MidAmerica
IATA: BLV – ICAO: KBLV – FAA LID: BLV
Summary
Airport type		Military / Public
Owner		United States Air Force / St. Clair County
Location		St. Clair County, near Mascoutah, Illinois
Elevation AMSL		459 ft / 140 m
Coordinates		38°32′43″N 089°50′07″W / 38.54528°N 89.83528°W / 38.54528; -89.83528
Website		www.scott.af.mil www.flymidamerica.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
14L/32R	10,000	3,048	Concrete
14R/32L	8,001	2,439	Asphalt/Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a base of the United States Air Force in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville (part of the St. Louis metropolitan area). The base is named after Corporal Frank S. Scott, the first enlisted person to be killed in an aviation crash. The base is operated by the 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW) and is also home to the Air Force Reserve Command's 932d Airlift Wing (932 AW) and the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing (126 ARW), the latter two units being operationally gained by AMC. The residential part of the base is a census-designated place; the population was 2,707 at the 2000 census.

Its airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as MidAmerica St. Louis Airport. MidAmerica has operated as a Joint Use Airport since beginning operations in November 1997 and has not been served by any commercial airlines since Allegiant Air pulled out of the airport on January 3, 2009.

Geography

Scott Air Force Base is located at 38°32′39″N 89°51′2″W / 38.54417°N 89.85056°W / 38.54417; -89.85056 (38.544298, -89.850544).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the base has a total area of 9.7 km (3.7 sq mi), all land.

Demographics

A McDonnell Douglas DC-9/C-9A Nightingale aircraft leading a formation that includes a Learjet C-21A (left) and a C-12F Huron (right) over the ramps and runways of Scott AFB, 1993.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,707 people, 682 households, and 662 families residing on the base. The population density was 721 inhabitants per square mile (278 /km). There were 715 housing units at an average density of 190.4 inhabitants per square mile (73.5 /km). The racial makeup of the base was 78.91% White, 13.52% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 2.96% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.81% from other races, and 2.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.06% of the population.

There were 682 households out of which 78.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 90.5% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 2.9% were non-families. Of all households, 2.8% were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.83, and the average family size was 3.90.

On the base the population was spread out with 44.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% ages 18 to 24, 40.6% ages 25 to 44, 6.6% ages 45 to 64, and 0.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.

The median income for a household on the base was $51,290, and the median income for a family was $52,258. Males had a median income of $39,289 versus $24,674 for females. The per capita income for the base was $15,421. About 0.9% of families and 1.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

History

Sign at Belleville Gate entrance. Many buildings on the base are made with a similar style of brickwork.

Main gate

During World War I, 624 acres (253 ha) of land near Belleville, Illinois became a new airfield. The government announced it would name the field after Corporal Frank S. Scott on July 20, 1917; Scott was the first enlisted person to be killed in an aviation crash. Scott remains the only Air Force base in the United States named after an enlisted airman.

In September 1917, the training of airplane pilots began. Most training took place in Curtiss JN-3D “Jennies.� These aircraft were used to develop air ambulances. This early aeromedical evacuation later become a primary role for Scott Air Force Base. At the end of World War I, the field’s squadrons were demobilized. In 1919 the War Department purchased Scott Field and turned it over to the lighter-than-air branch of the Air Corps. This lasted until May 14, 1937, when the lighter-than-air crafts were discontinued.

The field was designated as the new home of the general headquarters of the Air Forces of the entire United States Army on June 2, 1938. To prepare for the new role, the old buildings on Scott Field had to come down; demolition began July 18, 1938. The huge hangar, now useless to the army, was sold to the wreckers for $20,051.00. The mooring mast, the old wooden barracks, and the administration buildings were all wrecked. Colonial style administration buildings, family quarters, barracks, together with new hangars and other buildings (in all 73 major buildings) were erected in a $7,500,000.00 building program.

On June 1, 1939, Scott was designated as the Scott Field branch of the Army Air Corps. Technical Schools and the basic section of the school, which was located at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois, was transferred to Scott Field.

An allotment of $1,710,150.00 was made in August 1941 for the construction of 160 new buildings, because with the designation of Scott as the communications training center of the Air Force, more housing was needed for students. Cantonment areas were constructed in the southeast and northeast sections of the field. A short time later, the Army built an induction center across the Southern Railroad tracks. This area was later annexed to Scott Air Force Base.

In 1952, two additional housing areas were added: Paeglow Apartments, 80 units for officers, and a 1,000-unit "city" north of the base erected under the provisions of the Wherry Housing Act. Also in 1952 a modernization program was begun to provide quarters for bachelor officers and bachelor non-commissioned officers, training areas, and warehouse space at a cost in excess of $14,000,000.00.

Today, Scott is home to the headquarters of many major military organizations, including:

• United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
• United States Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)
• Air Mobility Command (AMC)
• Eighteenth Air Force (18 AF)
• Air Force Global Logistics Support Center (AFGLSC)
• Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO)
• Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) * formerly the Air Force Communications Agency (AFCA)

The 375th Air Mobility Wing is also host to more than 30 tenant units, including the Air Force Office of Special Investigations 3rd Field Investigations Region; the 932d Airlift Wing (Air Force Reserve Command); and the 126th Air Refueling Wing (Illinois Air National Guard).

MidAmerica St. Louis Airport

MidAmerica St. Louis Airport was created to alleviate some crowding of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, but has never had service from any major airline and has been criticized as a pork barrel project. Featured several times as a "Fleecing of America" segment on the NBC Nightly News, it was called a "Gateway to Nowhere" by Tom Brokaw, costing taxpayers $313 million. Supporters credit MidAmerica's additional runway with saving Scott AFB from closure during BRAC 2005. They also describe MidAmerica as a "Gateway to the World", citing a new cargo terminal and customs facility designed to attract international cargo. As of January 2010, one air cargo company uses the airport to import flowers from Colombia, totalling one flight each week, although when it was originally constructed, FedEx seriously considered using it as a central hub for the midwest, but due to delays in its construction and governmental red tape, they ultimately decided on Memphis instead. Allegiant Airlines also offered flights to both McCarran Airport in Las Vegas and Orlando Sanford International Airport until 2009.

MidAmerica's construction has included creation of the 10,000-foot (3,000 m) 14L/32R (east) runway, adding 1,000 feet (300 m) to the existing west runway, adding passenger and cargo terminals on the east side of the facility and a 7,000-foot (2,100 m) taxiway connecting the two runways. A new air traffic control tower staffed by Air Force personnel was also constructed midway between the two runways.

In CY2008, the dual-use facility was ranked 314 in the United States with 27,002 passenger enplanements. This placed it ninth in the state of Illinois. By comparison, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport was ranked 31 with over 6.74 million enplanements. Congestion at Lambert-St. Louis has not been a problem since American Airlines reduced hub operations and a new billion-dollar runway opened. The civil operations are administered by St. Clair County, Illinois, which also pays the maintenance costs for the east runway. Over half of all air operations at the facility utilize the eastern runway.

Facilities

Scott AFB / MidAmerica St. Louis Airport covers 7,003 acres (2,834 ha) and has two runways:

• Runway 14L/32R: 10,000 x 150 ft (3,048 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete, ILS equipped.
• Runway 14R/32L: 8,001 x 150 ft (2,439 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete, ILS equipped.

Runway Information

Runway 14L/32R

Runway 14R/32L

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• AIR FORCE C-9 ACFT HAVE TFC PRIORITY FOR RY 14R/32L FOR TRAINING 0900-1200 & 1400-1700 MON-FRI.
• TWY D 50 FT WIDE; NOT SUITABLE FOR C5 & ALL MODELS OF C135 ACFT.
• TRANSIENT MIL ACFT CONTACT MIDAMERICA ON 618-566-5265 OR 618-566-5227 FOR AVBL SVCS & PARKING INFO.
• DEER, BIRDS & WATERFOWL ON & INVOF ARPT.
• ACFT TAXING N ON TWY 'A' MAKING LEFT TURN ONTO FOXTROT RAMP - BE ALERT - NO TWY CNTRLN DUE TO ACUTE ANGLE OF TWY INTXN. ACFT TAXING N ON RY 32L ONTO EAST TWY 'E' - BE ALERT - NO TWY CNTRLN DUE TO ACUTE ANGLE OF TWY/RY INTXN.
• RY 32L HOLD LINES LCTD ON TWY 'A' ABEAM DSPLCD THLD.
• BEARING STRENGTH RWY 14L-32R: ST175 SBTT605 TRT585
• CLSD TO ALL ACFT CARRYING CLASS A EXPLOSIVES.
• BEARING STRENGTH RWY 14R-32L: ST175 SBTT590 TRT590
• JASU: 6(A/M32A-86) 3(AM32-95). MIDAMERICA(MAA) 2 (A/M 32A-60B) 1 (AM32-95) 2 (A/M 32A-86) 1 (MD-4).
• CIV ACFT FUEL: A+ 100LL (ARPT TRML SVC, AVBL 1400-0200Z++, C618-566-5265, OT 1 HT PN RQR, C618-566-5233.)
• FLUID: SP(MIL) PRESAIR(MIL) LHOX(MIL) LOX(MIL). MIDAMERICA OX 2.
• OIL: O-133-148(MIL) SOAP(MIL)
• MIL ACFT TRAN ALERT: OPR 1200-0400Z++ WKD, 1300-0000Z++ WKEND, CLSD FEDERAL HOL, SEE NOTAM. MIDAMERICA FBO SVC PROVIDED BY AIR TRML SVC (ATS; OPR 1300-0100Z++, 24 HR PPR OT. MIDAMERICA FBO SVC LTD TO REFUELING ONLY. CTC FBO AT C618-566-5265 FOR SPECIFIC PRK AND SVC.
• MILITARY USE: SEE FLIP AP/1 SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS.
• RSTD: OFFL BUS ONLY WHEN TRAN ALERT CLSD. PPR DSN 576-1861, C618-256-1861, FAX EXTN 6718. ALL INBD PAX/CARGO ACFT MUST CTC 375 COMD POST NO LATER THAN 30 MIN PRIOR TO LDG. AMC ACFT RSTD DUR BASH PHASEII AND WHEN ARPT ENTERS BIRD WATCH CONDITIONS MODERATE OR SEVERE.
• RSTD: WHEN ARPT IS CODE MODERATE OR SEVER NO LCL IFR/VFR PAT. WHEN ARPT CODE SEVER, TKOF/LDG PROH WO 375 OG/CC APVL. DUR PHASEII, DLY BASH WINDOWS ARE ESTIMATED AS SR+1-SR-1 AND SS+1, SS-1.
• RSTD: DUR BASH WINDOW (WHEN CODE LOW) NO TRANS PAT PERMS; INITIAL TKOF/FULL STOP LDG ARE AT AC DISCRETION. CTC ATIS, PTD, 375 AW COMD POST OR TWR FOR CURRENT CODE.
• CAUTION: DENSE CIV AIR TFC ALL QUAD, ALL ALT. USE CAUTION WHEN UTILIZING TWY G, 0.25 NM E OF RWY 14R-32L INT, GRAD CHG OF 3 DEG AND A 70 DEG TURN PRESENT, ON COMING TFC MAY NOT BE VIS DUE TO TERRAIN.
• MIL ACFT: RWY 32L 1000' OVRN (N END) AVBL; RY 14R NO OVRN (S END) AVBL. ACFT ARRIVING SCOTT AFB WITH MORE THAN 30 PAX AFTER HR CTC BASE OPS C618-566-5233 24 HR IN ADVANCE.
• RSTD; SCOTT AFB IS PPR. THE 375 MIL FLIGHT SVC SECTION IS THE SOLE AGENT FOR ISSUING PPR NRS TO MIL ACFT OPRG ON OR FROM THE SCOTT AFB SIDE.
• MIL RAMPS CLSD TO CIVIL ACFT WITHOUTPRIOR COORDINATION AND A LANDING PERMIT NR ON FILE.
• PARKING AT THE 126 ARW RAMP IS OFFICIAL BUSINESS REQUIRING 48 HRS PPR. PPR CALL DSN 576-1861, C618-256-1861, FAX EXTN 6718.
• ALL INBOUND ACFT MUST CTC 375 COMD POST NO LATER THAN 30 MIN PRIOR TO LDG.
• ACFT ARRIVING SCOTT WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR AFTER HRS CTC BASE OPS 24 HRS IN ADVANCE.
• RSTD: MIL SUPPORT MAY NOT BE AVBLON MIDAMERICA SIDE OF FLD WO PRIOR COORD THRU SCOTT AFB. PPR ISSUED UP TO 7 DAYS PRIOR TO ARR.
• RSTD: FULL WX SVC AVBL H24. COMBAT WX FLIGHT DSN 576-5905, C618-256-5905. BLDG OBST MAY IMPACT PREVAILING VIS 200-320 DEG. ATC WILL ENHANCE SFC OBSN WHEN TWR IS LESS THAN 4 SM AND DIFFERENTTHAN RPT VIS.REMOTE BRIEFING SVC AVBL FROM 15 OPERATIONAL SQUADRON, DSN 576-9755, C618-256-9755.
• NO DEICING SERVICE AVAIL ON SCOTT MAIN MILITARY RAMP. DEICING MAY BE AVAIL ON 126TH GUARD RAMP OR CIV RAMP VIA PRIOR COORDINATION. DEICING FOR C17/C5 AIRCRAFT OR EQUIVALANT NOT AVAILABLE. SEE AP1 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
• FBO AVBL 1700-1530, C618-566-5320.
• MIL SVC NOT AVBL AT CIV RAMP.
• BASE OPNS OPERS 0600-0000.

Based Aircraft

Operational Statistics

    Time Period: 2006-01-01 - 2006-12-31

Scott Air Force Base / midamerica Airport

Address: St Clair County, IL

Tel: 618-566-5200, 618-566-5240

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General Info
Country	United States
State	ILLINOIS
FAA ID	BLV
Latitude	38-32-42.643N
Longitude	089-50-06.664W
Elevation	459 feet
Near City	BELLEVILLE

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