Adams Number 1 Airport
70LL · Pontiac, Illinois · Livingston County · map
Adams Number 1 Airport is a private airport, 10 miles northwest of Pontiac, Illinois, 640 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 70LL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 640 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1978
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,600 × 80 ft | Grass | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Pontiac from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Pontiac, Illinois: 9 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided the traffic pattern operations of the airport are conducted west of the north/south runway.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights - amgr.
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.