Airports · Illinois · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Centralia Correctional Center Heliport

6IL8 · Centralia, Illinois · Clinton County · map

Centralia Correctional Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Ill. Dept of Corrections, 4 miles west of Centralia, Illinois, 465 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 100 by 100 feet of concrete.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 6IL8
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
Owner: Ill. Dept of Corrections
Elevation: 465 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: St Louis sectional
Magnetic variation: 1W
In the FAA's files since: June 2002

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	100 × 100 ft	Concrete	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in Centralia from the FAA register

36 aircraft are registered to owners in Centralia, Illinois: 27 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 4 balloons, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Airgo INC 22

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Centralia Municipal ENL · 5 nm southeast Salem-Leckrone Airport SLO · 12 nm northeast Greenville Airport GRE · 19 nm northwest Mount Vernon Airport MVN · 21 nm southeast Highland-Winet Airport H07 · 25 nm northwest Vandalia Municipal VLA · 26 nm north St. Mary'S Good Samaritan Hospital Heliport 98IL · 4 nm east · private Prairie Airport 83IS · 8 nm south · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provide app/departure 150-220 degrees, wind indicator is maintained.
X2405
18 feet trees 187 feet north.

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.