Erie Air Park
3H5 · Erie, Illinois · Whiteside County · map
Erie Air Park is a public-use ultralight field, 1 mile north of Erie, Illinois, 600 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18U/36U, is 2,000 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3H5
- Kind
- Ultralight field · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 600 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, sunrise to sunset
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1972
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18U/36U | 2,000 × 200 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18U: trees 68 ft high 720 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Erie from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Erie, Illinois: 6 helicopters, 1 piston single, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this ultralight field; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this ultralight field 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 ultralight field NTSB records · 1 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
- RC model aircraft activity west of runway 36 Wednesday eves, weather permitting.
- Runway 18U/36U thlds marked with L-SHAPED white gravel.
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.