Paxton Airport
1C1 · Paxton, Illinois · Ford County · map
Paxton Airport is a public-use airport owned by 1C1, LLC, 2 miles southwest of Paxton, Illinois, 779 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,409 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Paxton Airport?
Its FAA code is 1C1.
Where is Paxton Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Paxton, Illinois, 779 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Paxton Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,409 feet long, asphalt.
Does Paxton Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Paxton Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Paxton Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Paxton Flyers. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Paxton Airport?
5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Paxton Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1C1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- 1C1, LLC
- Elevation
- 779 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,409 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 800 ft, tree 56 ft high 601 ft from the end
- Runway 36: tri-color on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.35 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (9 nm south), Frasca Field (18 nm south), University Of Illinois/Willard Airport (26 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- All operations to be condd on east side of north/south runway.
- Aft hour aces to AP term via cipher lock hint to combo posted.
- Self serve 100LL and jet a
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights - fixture spacing and light intsty varies.
- 20 feet building 120 feet from runway end and 130 feet R of centerline.
- Dthr painted white line air carriers runway.
- Runway 18 markings faded.
- Runway 36 markings faded.
- Approach ratio 25:1 to dthr.
- Runway 18/36 has widespread cracking with vegetation growing in cracks.
- Summer agricultural operations.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Paxton from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Paxton, Illinois: 4 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Paxton Flyers 1 aircraft · Loda, 5 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Paxton 4 aircraft · 4 piston singles
- Paxton Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 250 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1C1.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.