An airport is "publicly-owned" if the portion thereof used for the landing and taking-off of aircraft is owned, operated, controlled, leased to or leased by the United States, any agency or department thereof, this State, or any other State, or any municipality or other political subdivision of this State or any other State, or any other governmental body, public agency or other public corporation.
620 ILCS 25/2
"Airport" means any area of land or water, or both, designed and set aside for the landing and taking-off of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes
Known as the Airport Zoning Act
The act spans §§ 620-25-1 to 620-25-9 (37 sections).
Laws 1945, p. 317.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.