the Kaskaskia College District 501. The Airgo International Flight School is a Professional Flight Training school located at the Centralia Municipal Airport. Infrastructure Transportation IL 161 runs east and west directly through Centralia and US Highway 51 runs north and south through the city. South Central Transit is the public transportation system for Centralia and surrounding areas. The City of Centralia owns and operates the Centralia Municipal Airport, a general aviation facility that can accommodate corporate and private aircraft. The runway is 5001 feet long. Airgo, Inc. is the fixed-base operator at the Centralia Municipal Airport. Rail transportation Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Centralia. Amtrak Train 59, the southbound City of New Orleans, departs Centralia at 12:25 am daily with service to Carbondale, Fulton, Newbern-Dyersburg, Memphis, Greenwood, Yazoo City, Jackson, Hazlehurst, Brookhaven, McComb, Hammond and New Orleans. Amtrak Train 58, the northbound City of New Orleans, departs Centralia at 4:10 am daily with service to Effingham, Mattoon, Champaign-Urbana, Kankakee, Homewood and Chicago. Centralia is also served by Amtrak Train 390/391, the Saluki, daily in the morning, and Amtrak Train 392/393, the Illini, daily in the afternoon/evening. Both the Saluki and the Illini operate between Chicago and Carbondale. Correctional center The Centralia Correctional Center is a medium security prison for adult males opened in 1980. With an operating capacity of 1,572, its population in 2019 was 1,281. Notable people Chad Beguelin, playwright and four-time Tony Award nominee Warren Billhartz, state legislator, businessman, and lawyer David Blackwell, statistician and first black member of National Academy of Sciences James Brady, press secretary to President Ronald Reagan Gilbert Bundy (1911–1955), cartoonist and illustrator, born Centralia Roland Burris, Illinois Attorney General, comptroller, United States senator Brian Dinkelman, second baseman with the Minnesota Twins Dike Eddleman, small forward with the Tri-Cities Blackhakws/Milwaukee Hawks and Fort Wayne Pistons Bryan Eversgerd, pitcher with St. Louis Cardinals and coach Dwight Friedrich, state legislator and businessman Gary Gaetti, third baseman with the 1987 World Series champion Minnesota Twins and five other MLB teams Dick Garrett, guard with Southern Illinois and NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks, and Milwaukee Bucks Adruitha Lee, Academy Award winning hairstylist for their work in the film Dallas Buyers Club Mary Lee, actress Jean Madeira, opera singer Bobby Joe Mason, basketball player, Bradley University and Harlem Globetrotters Ken "Preacher" McBride, Harlem Globetrotter Florence McClure, Nevada activist Ora A. Oldfield,