St. Louis-Chicago Airway
Air Navigation Map No. 9; Chicago, Ill. to Iowa City, Iowa
Airway Map No. 110; St. Louis, MO to Chicago, IL |
SECTION MAP |
NAME |
GPS |
PID |
City/Quad/County |
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Maywood Air Mail Field |
41.858333, -87.834740 |
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Cook Co., IL |
39 KC-C Hinsdale |
41.747715, -87.915136 |
ME3011 |
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38 KC-C Naperville |
41.708368, -88.082956 |
MF1330 |
Will Co., IL |
37A Normantown |
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Will Co., IL |
37B KC-C Joliet |
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Will Co., IL |
36 K-C Yorkville DOCILF |
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Kendall Co., IL |
35 KC-C Sheriden |
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La Salle Co., IL |
33 KC-C Prairie Center |
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La Salle Co., IL |
32 KC-C La Salle DOCILF |
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La Salle Co., IL |
31 KC-C Seatonville |
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Bureau Co., IL |
30 KC-C Tiskilwa |
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Bureau Co., IL |
29 KC-C Morse DOCILF |
41.233694, -89.620418 |
MF1686 |
Bureau Co., IL |
16 STL-C Camp Grove |
41.090214, -89.638788 |
MF1687 |
Stark Co., IL |
15 STL-C Edlestein |
40.944692, -89.629492 |
LC1964 |
Peoria Co., IL |
14 STL-C Hollis |
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Peoria Co., IL |
13 STL-C Pekin DOCILF |
40.490627, -89.666815 |
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Tazewell Co., IL |
12 STL-C San Jose |
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Mason Co., IL |
10 STL-C Mason City DOCILF |
40.146402, -89.658950 |
LC1944 |
Menard Co., IL |
09 STL-C Athens |
39.968304, -89.688639 |
KB1495 |
Sangamon Co., IL |
Conkling Field / Lindbergh Field |
39.824443, -89.720707 |
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Sangamon Co., IL |
06 STL-C Lowder DOCILF |
39.558250, -89.862533 |
KB1516 |
Sangamon Co., IL |
05 STL-C Palmya |
39.426723, -89.920831 |
KB1466 |
Macoupin Co., IL |
4 STL-C Chesterfield / Carlinville DOCILF |
39.274576, -90.026423 |
KC0581 |
Macoupin Co., IL |
02 STL-C Brighton |
39.097602, -90.143888 |
KC0589 |
Macoupin Co., IL |
02 STL-C Godfrey DOCILF |
38.966185, -90.198376 |
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Madison Co., IL |
01B STL-C Alton |
38.912500, -90.228333 |
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0 STL-C /01A STL-C Florissant |
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Lambert-St. Louis Flying Field |
38.735834, -90.355446 |
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Links |
Original airway had 54' concrete arrows built under the beacon towers as shown in this airway bulletin. (link to bulletin: Airway Bulletin No. 154, August 16, 1927)
Latitude and longitude are for 1927 and not acurate on todays maps. Use with your own discretion. |
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C. A. M. Route No. 2. Chicago-St. Louis (278 miles) On April 15, 1926 the first mail was flown over route No. 2, which is operated by the Robertson Aircraft Corporation. Northbound trips are made every day except Saturday and Sunday; southbound trips are made daily except Sunday and Monday. Stops are made at Peoria and Springfield, and connection is made at Chicago from the New York and Chicago overnight air mail route. The landing field at St. Louis is the Lambert-St. Louis Flying Field, Anglum, Mo., which is also the traffic office. The Chicago terminal is at Maywood Field. Rebuilt Liberty-motored De Havillands are used on this route.
Airway Bulletin No. 154 August 16, 1927 St. Louis-Chicago Airway (STL-C) 277 Miles
Department of Commerce lights burn from dark to dawn nightly.
CAM #2 Airways (Airways are based South to North and West to East)
St. Louis-Chicago Airway
Airway Bulletin No. 1 page 29, Sep. 1, 1931 (beacon strip map)
Airway Bulletin No. 1 page 35, Sep. 1, 1932 (beacon strip map)
United States Congressional serial set. 9509. page 48; Contract for Mail Service, Route No. C.A.M 2; Contract made 7th day of October 1925 to Robertson Aircraft Corporation; Route: Chicago, Illinois, by Springfield, Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri and Return.
Air Commerce Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 16, February 16, 1931, page 425
St. Louis-Chicago airway, Peoria, Chicago section.—All beacons and intermediate landing fields between Peoria and Chicago on the St. Louis-Chicago airway, with the exception of the intermediate landing field, site No. 20, at Streator, Ill., have been discontinued, and new beacons and fields on a route running north out of Peoria 30 miles, and thence direct to Chicago have been placed in operation. The location and description of the facilities on the relocated route are as follows:
Clipped from Alton Evening Telegraph, 14 Jan 1927, Fri, Page 2
Clipped from Freeport Journal-Standard, 21 January 1927, Page 1
Godrey Illinois: William L. Waters
Carlinville, Illinois: Josheph Wheeler
Lowden Illinois: Thomas J. Palmer
Mason City, Illinois:
John Hubby
South Pekin: Illinois: J. W. Griffin
La Rose, Illinois: A. Ray Spamgler
Tonica, Illinois: Fred Schmitt
Morris, Illinois: J.C. Williams
Plainfield, Illinois: Day Brothers
Clipped from Alton Evening Telegraph, 3 Feb 1927, Thu, Page 1
Clipped from Alton Evening Telegraph, 11 Feb 1927, Fri, Page 1
Clipped from Alton Evening Telegraph, 15 Feb 1927, Tue, Page 1
Clipped from Alton Evening Telegraph, 19 Feb 1927, Sat, Page 1
Clipped from The Daily Free Press, 24 May 1927, Tue, Page 1
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