With nonstop and connecting destinations, the airport served over 700,000 passengers in 2019. Quad Cities International Airport is located in Moline, Illinois, and serves passengers from western Illinois and eastern Iowa. Aircraft needing a longer runway will be able to use one of the airport’s commercial runways – Runway 13/31 which is 7,000 ft. Once completed, the shortened general aviation runway will not impact operations for the majority of aircraft currently using it. Intermittent runway closures will occur, but the airport is working closely with airlines to prevent any disruption to normal operations. There are numerous phases of the project, with phase 1 underway through early May. On-site jobs will total anywhere from a crew of 8 up to 30+ during busier phases. Valley Construction based out of Rock Island, Illinois, is the lead contractor and expects to complete the project in November 2022. The shorter runway will be closest to the general aviation hangars creating a campus that is separate from commercial traffic, and commercial aircraft will have a much quicker route to and from the primary runway.” “These changes will benefit both commercial and general aviation traffic considerably. that has a similar configuration,” said Benjamin Leischner, A.A.E., executive director, Quad Cities International Airport. “This project has been a long time coming – we only know of one other commercial airport in the U.S. General aviation pilots must also contend with commercial air traffic. While safety is a primary concern of such a configuration, it also creates operational inefficiency whereby commercial flights have a longer taxi to reach the primary runway. airports which still have more than two intersecting runways. Quad Cities International Airport is one of only a handful of U.S. The project involves shortening the general aviation runway by 1,500 feet and creating a new parallel taxiway to the airport’s primary 10,000-foot commercial runway. This $10 million dollar project is funded 100% by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Construction to remove the “bullseye” configuration of the QC Airport’s airfield has begun.
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