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    Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport - SPI

    3.1 (16 reviews)
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    What is the Name of this airport in the Land of Lincoln? Springfield Airport Authority? That is the name of the Governing Board that does all the administrative and management of the airport. Capitol Airport? Well, Springfield is the Capitol of Illinois. But then, there are a lot of Capitol Cities with airports. SPI? Well, that is your airport call letters in all the reservations, OAG, baggage tags and other references to this airport. Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport? Well, that is what they would like to be known as. In Springfield, everything is about Abraham Lincoln. Where he slept, where he lived, where he walked 5 miles to school, read by candlelight, his museum. In fact, aside from a little industry, agriculture, and state politics, Springfield is a sleepy little town in the heartland known for Honest Abe. Just don't tell Kentucky that, where he was born! The airport reflects the sleepiness. You will get a puddle hopper most of the time. I am talking about the 10 - 30 seat max, no overhead storage puddle hoppers with turbo props. You can only fly here from ORD (Chicago), IAD (Dulles) both on United "Express", or STL (St Louis) on American "Connection". 16 total inbound/outbound flights. A handful of gates. One security checkpoint. Amenities? There is a SubWay Sandwich shop near gate B. Next to that are phones. 3 rental car companies. The good thing: Free parking!

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    Nice smaller airport, nice change of pace from the big hubs! Highly recommend. I flew on Allegiant to visit a friend!

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    There is plenty of free parking and a couple of rental car companies on site and a Subway, who by the way has terrible coffee.

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    Worst airport since the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk! I landed at 2pm on a Wednesday…read moreafternoon. The airport's only food service is a Subway that was closed! Nowhere else to buy a drink or get anything to eat or snack on. Two out of three rental car agencies were open but had no cars available. I asked the rental companies employees about Uber or even just old fashioned taxi services. She advised me to try but not get disappointed, which turned out to be prophetic because both were basically nonexistent! The states' capital city with no Uber drivers and no taxi services with a working phone number! I felt as if I was in a Twilight Zone episode. The very nice young lady working at the rental car agency (with no cars) actually called her boyfriend who was at work. He left his job , came to the airport and took me and another stranded gentleman to our hotels, who had no airport shuttle services with either. Can you believe that? A complete stranger in the middle of the day in the middle of the week in August saved the day by driving us to our different hotels!! This is the worst most backwards "rinky dink" airport and overall travel experience I've ever had. If a zero star were possible I would have chosen that. Illinois and Springfield should be very embarrassed that this is the impression they portray to everyone traveling through their airport. Brad W. (Charlotte, NC) -- with a real airport!!

    Once again I find myself at the toy airport In. Springfield Il. Pre TSA had us remove everything,…read more ZERO water anywhere in the airport. Power hungry TSA agents constantly changing their rules. I would rather hitchhike than come here again. Non Pre TSA removes nothing. And finally, of course, allegiant was late--too much Sun in FL so they had to leave late. When will We get a transporter and put airlines and Tsa out of Business. Poor excuse for an airport

    Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport - SPI - airports - Updated August 2026

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