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KTIP · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field

ICAO · US · 3 NTSB events

ID KTIP FAA TIP Elev 737 ft Lat 40° 17.62' N Lon 88° 8.54' W Zulu …

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

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Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,001 ft. Max gradient: 0.13%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
09 89.6° 5,001 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.13%
27 269.6° 5,001 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.13%
18 180° 4,894 ft 75 ft Concrete No 0.08%
36 360° 4,894 ft 75 ft Concrete No 0.08%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 119.025
  • A/D CHAMPAIGN APP/DEP 121.350
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 123.000

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Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 2 matched · 6 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RYS 09/27 & 18/36, REILS RYS 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RYS 09/27 & 18/36, REILS RYS 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RYS 09/27 & 18/36, REILS RYS 09/27. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT MIRL RYS 09/27 & 18/36, REILS RYS 09/27 - CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    DEER & BIRDS ON AND INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (6 sentences)
  • ·FBO OPNS MON-FRI 0700-1600.
  • ·FBO SVC CLSD SAT+SUN UNLESS ADVN COORDINATION IS MADE.
  • ·SEASONAL MOWING OPS ADJ TO RYS & TWYS.
  • ·TWY 35 FT WIDE IN MOST PLACES. 48 HRS PPR FOR ACFT WITH SINGLE WHEEL LOAD GREATER THAN 15,000 LBS.
  • ·FOR CD CTC CHAMPAIGN APCH AT 217-355-4071, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921 FOR FUEL AFTER HRS CALL PHONE NUMBER POSTED ON SITE.
  • ·PAPI RY 09 & 27 OPR CONTINUOUSLY.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

Chanute Air Force BaseChanute Field

Source: OurAirports community

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

3 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

5

since 1982

Fatal

2

40.0% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

0

no recent events

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 20,000 ops in 2002

2024 total

20,000

10-yr total

200,000

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

0.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=3

  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Ground collision 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2011-06-25 Piper PA-28R-201 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2011-07-24 Piper PA 46-350P · Weather · VMC · dawn →
2002-08-02 Bell 412 · Ground collision · day →

Designees in IL

CFI Flight Instructors 2,147 A&P Mechanics 6,104 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 49 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 13 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 9 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 4 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 3 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 11 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 43 ODA Organizational Designations 4 Schools Flight Schools 64 FBO Fixed Base Operators 67 Clubs Flying Clubs 56 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 8 EAA EAA Chapters 40

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Jerry Kelvin Lay Minonk IL 55 nm
James Paulsen West Lafayette IN 56 nm
Larry Wayne Gross West Lafayette IN 56 nm
Brian Glenn Dillman Terre Haute IN 61 nm
Ethan James Malavolti Terre Haute IN 61 nm
John Phillip Mellor Terre Haute IN 61 nm
Dennis Dwain Taft Springfield IL 75 nm
Joseph Lawrence Kinzer Peru IL 78 nm
Thomas James Norton Peru IL 78 nm
Keith Mcgill Plainfield IL 80 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Stuart Leon Moment Urbana IL 11 nm
Charles Walter Sears Urbana IL 11 nm
Daniel Robert Landis Urbana IL 11 nm
Joseph-Alexander Britton Hearn Urbana IL 11 nm
Reid Gavin Frasca Urbana IL 11 nm
Jett William Morris Saint Joseph IL 12 nm
William Edward Giannetti Champaign IL 12 nm
Bertrand Wilson Henne Champaign IL 12 nm
Stanley Allen Unander Champaign IL 12 nm
Stephen Edward Peltz Champaign IL 12 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
John Lewis Johnson Ii Rantoul IL 1 nm
Mark Edward Schlensker Rantoul IL 1 nm
Jeremy D'Veere Allen-Dixon Rantoul IL 1 nm
David Wayne Claxon Gifford IL 6 nm
Phillip Charles Hayden Fisher IL 10 nm
Kenneth Richardson Kane Fisher IL 10 nm
James Garrett Schuler Paxton IL 10 nm
Atticus Dylan Tournear Paxton IL 10 nm
Keith Allen Heintzelman Paxton IL 10 nm
Stuart Leon Moment Urbana IL 11 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Lafayette Avionics, Inc.
West Lafayette, IN
 56 nm
Turbines, Inc
Terre Haute, IN
 63 nm
MCX Aero, LLC
Monticello, IN
 68 nm
Aero-Fix LLC
Pekin, IL
 71 nm
GreenWing Aviation & Welding Co.
Lacon, IL
 71 nm
Northwest Aviation Maintenance, Inc.
Griffith, IN
 81 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
 91 nm
The Polished Hare
West Chicago, IL
 97 nm
PAW Aviation
LaPorte, IN
 100 nm
Klem's Aero Repair
Jacksonville, IL
 101 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.