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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport (19 nm north), Decatur Airport (20 nm south), University Of Illinois/Willard Airport (30 nm east), Frasca Field (32 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport (19 nm north), Decatur Airport (20 nm south), Logan County (20 nm west), University Of Illinois/Willard Airport (30 nm east).
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
- Incorporated with dewitt
- Displaced thld marked with cement outlined in brick, and in an L-SHAPE.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Clinton 7 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 3 drones
- 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 8,055 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/33IL.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 30, 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.