Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC
5K1 · Palmyra, Illinois · Macoupin County · map
Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC is a public-use airport owned by Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC, 1 mile south of Palmyra, Illinois, 659 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,900 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC?
Its FAA code is 5K1.
Where is Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC?
It is 1 mile south of Palmyra, Illinois, 659 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,900 feet long, asphalt.
Does Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Macoupin Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC?
4 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5K1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC
- Elevation
- 659 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,900 × 32 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: crops 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 307 ft, crops 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. 5 clicks |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Litchfield Municipal (21 nm southeast), Jacksonville Municipal (24 nm northwest), Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (29 nm northeast), Taylorville Municipal (31 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Litchfield Municipal (21 nm southeast), Jacksonville Municipal (24 nm northwest), Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (29 nm northeast), Taylorville Municipal (31 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
- Admin building can be accessed by cipher lock which has applicable instructions
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. 5 clicks
- Runway 18 has seasonal crops 160 feet from runway thld.
- Runway 36 has 13 feet road 30 feet from runway end and perpendicular to centerline of runway.
- Runway 36 approach slp 25:1 from dthr.
- Runway 18 approach slp 20:1 from thld.
- Runway 18/36 non-standard bsc markings, nbrs small.
- Runway 36 dthr marked with white line and 3 green lights on each side.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Grain bin
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Palmyra from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Palmyra, IL as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Macoupin Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Hettick, 5 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 18 training center evaluators, 23 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Dennis Dwain Taft private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Springfield, IL (29 nm) · (217) 553-6154 · [email protected]
- John Scott Saunders private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · St. Charles Flying Service · Portage Des Sioux, MO (35 nm) · (314) 308-5875 · [email protected]
- Lindsey Erin Saunders private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · St. Charles Flying Service · Portage Des Sioux, MO (35 nm) · (314) 308-8700 · [email protected]
- William Lovell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Winfield, MO (44 nm) · (636) 515-3005 · [email protected]
All 67 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 250 in the last ten years
- Macoupin Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- 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/5K1.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.