Effingham County Regional
1H2 · Effingham, Illinois · Effingham County · map
Effingham County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Effingham County Board, 3 miles south of Effingham, Illinois, 585 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 6,002 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1H2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Effingham County Board
- Elevation
- 585 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 6,002 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 3,399 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: pulsating on the left
- Runway 19: pulsating on the left, tree 32 ft high 840 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| 1H2 AWOS-3PT | 118.375 | |
| Decatur and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 217-536-5976.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Effingham from the FAA register
41 aircraft are registered to owners in Effingham, Illinois: 21 piston singles, 18 drones, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Tree and silo R trsn area tree L trsn area runway 19.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate runway end identifier lights runway 11 and 29; psil runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19, medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 preset low intst, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 01 pvasi unusable beyond 5 degrees left and right of crs.
- Runway 19 pvasi unusable beyond 7 degrees left and right of crs.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.