Arrangement
This collection is divided into five series: Airport Advisory Board Records, Airport and Airport Advisory Board Financial Records, Airport Improvement Records, DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport Records, and Visual Records.
Administrative/Biographical History
The DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport Advisory Board was created to advise the city of DeKalb on Airport related activities and the implementation of the Airport Master Plan. The Airport opened in April 1944 and by the early1980s began to implement the Airport Master Plan; that was met with opposition from the neighboring town of Cortland, Illinois. The plan’s execution continued and due to the efforts of the Airport Advisory Board, the DeKalb Taylor Airport is now 920 acres with over 60 aircrafts based there.
