Pinckneyville Correctional Center Heliport
3IL6 · Pinckneyville, Illinois · Perry County · map
Pinckneyville Correctional Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Ill Dept of Corrections, 2 miles east of Pinckneyville, Illinois, 463 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3IL6
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ill Dept of Corrections
- Elevation
- 463 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1999
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Sparta Community-Hunter Field (18 nm west), Southern Illinois Airport (19 nm south), Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois (25 nm southeast), Mount Vernon Airport (26 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pinckneyville/Du Quoin Airport (7 nm south), Sparta Community-Hunter Field (18 nm west), Southern Illinois Airport (19 nm south), Benton Municipal (19 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
- Provided approach/departure from 110-170 and 200-070, area is marked west, wind indicator is maintained and comply with far part 91.126(B)(2).
- Fato measures 100 feet by 100 feet concrete. Pad centered within fato.
- Runway H1 30 feet power poles 200 feet south of pad, 100 feet pole 100 feet northwest of pad.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Pinckneyville from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Pinckneyville, Illinois: 3 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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 heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Pinckneyville 7 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 piston twins
- Bender Acres LLC 2 aircraft in town
- 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/3IL6.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 29, 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.