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 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.