Rothrock Airport
54IL · Streator, Illinois · La Salle County · map
Rothrock Airport is a private airport, 2 miles east of Streator, Illinois, 653 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 2,407 feet of asphalt.
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 54IL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 653 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,407 × 18 ft | Asphalt, fair | Non-standard lights |
| 18/36 | 1,800 × 130 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 09: trees 30 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 18: trees 46 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 25 ft high 440 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
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: Pontiac Municipal (15 nm southeast), Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field (21 nm northwest), Morris Muni/James R Washburn Field (25 nm northeast), Joliet Regional (37 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pontiac Municipal (15 nm southeast), Dwight Airport (16 nm east), Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field (21 nm northwest), Morris Muni/James R Washburn Field (25 nm northeast).
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
- Thresholds displaced to provide 20:1 approach surface and information for runway 9/27 rstrg use for twin eng aircraft under certain conditions.
- Airport beacon is flashing white strobe.
- DUSK-0000.
- 250' grass strip adjacent to runway 09/27 on north SIDE--TURF strip begins west of taxiway a.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to color.
- Fence/shrubs/trees 134 feet from runway end; incl 23 feet tree; 54 feet L centerline.
- +20 feet road 35 feet from runway end.
- Runway 18/36 has a 144' stopway south end.
- Wind permitting avoid takeoffs and landings over the city.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Streator from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Streator, Illinois: 24 piston singles, 2 balloons, 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.
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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Streator 27 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 drones
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,118 since 1982 · 251 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 8,066 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/54IL.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 November 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.