 In March 2011, then Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced his intention to start construction "as fast as humanly possible" on an airport in Illinois; however, the FAA had not finalized plans yet and the land acquisition was still not yet completed.In June, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood noted that there had been little call in Washington, DC, for the Peotone airport compared to the support for the O'Hare expansion, although plans for the South Suburban Airport are still in the works.The proposed airport is within the airspace of an existing airport, Bult Field (C56), a privately owned airport with a 5,000-foot runway.