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
- 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
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.
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.