Litchfield Municipal
3LF · Litchfield, Illinois · Montgomery County · map
Litchfield Municipal is a public-use airport, 2 miles southwest of Litchfield, Illinois, 690 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 4,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3LF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 690 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 3,900 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 14 ft high 464 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.2 | |
| 3LF AWOS-3PT | 118.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 217-324-4735.
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Aircraft registered in Litchfield from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Litchfield, Illinois: 10 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport 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 airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09, 27, 18 and 36; PAPI runway 09, 27, 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and 18/36; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 and taxiway C preset on low intst, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Bill fleming, chairman.
- Self serv 100 LL fuel available 24 hours.
- Approach ratio 33:1 to runway end from over C.O.
- Aerobatic area 1700 feet - 4200 feet above sea level above airport.
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.