| Willmar Municipal Airport | |
| Nativename: | John L. Rice Field |
| Iata: | ILL |
| Icao: | KBDH |
| Faa: | BDH |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Willmar |
| City-Served: | Willmar, Minnesota |
| Elevation-F: | 1,126 |
| Elevation-M: | 343 |
| Coordinates: | 45.1178°N -95.1306°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Minnesota#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Minnesota / United States |
| Pushpin Label: | BDH |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| R1-Number: | 13/31 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,500 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,676 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 3/21 |
| R2-Length-F: | 3,000 |
| R2-Length-M: | 914 |
| R2-Surface: | Turf |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Willmar Municipal Airport, also known as John L. Rice Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located west of the central business district of Willmar, a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The airport opened in 2006 and is located two miles west of a closed airport which operated under the same name .[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Willmar Municipal Airport is assigned BDH by the FAA and ILL by IATA;[3] BDH is used by the IATA for Bandar Lengeh Airport in Bandar Lengeh, Iran.[4]
Willmar Municipal Airport has two runways: 13/31 with a 5,500 x 100 ft. (1,676 x 30 m) asphalt pavement and 3/21 with a 3,000 x 250 ft. (914 x 76 m) turf surface.
The first Willmar Municipal Airport was established in 1934 as a federal work relief project of the National Youth Administration during the New Deal.[5]