John Scharff Airport
33IL · Clinton, Illinois · Adams County · map
John Scharff Airport is a private airport, 2 miles east of Clinton, Illinois, 730 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,835 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 33IL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 730 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2001
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,835 × 105 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 160 ft, road 13 ft high 35 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Clinton from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Clinton, Illinois: 4 piston singles, 3 drones. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Incorporated with dewitt
- Displaced thld marked with cement outlined in brick, and in an L-SHAPE.
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.