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, 663 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,900 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5K1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC
- Elevation
- 663 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1967
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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 |
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Aircraft registered in Palmyra from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Palmyra, IL as the owner's town.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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
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.