Skydive Chicago Airport
8N2 · Ottawa, Illinois · La Salle County · map
Skydive Chicago Airport is a public-use airport owned by Ottawa Airport INC, 4 miles northeast of Ottawa, Illinois, 616 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 4,522 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8N2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Ottawa Airport INC
- Elevation
- 616 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1998
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 4,522 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 21: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Ottawa from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Ottawa, Illinois: 9 turboprops, 4 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 helicopter. 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 · 2 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
- Provided the area 125 feet either side of runway centerline and 200 feet off runway ends is clear; any obstruction removed/lowered or thld displaced to provide a clear 20:1 approach; area 60 feet either side of runway centerline and 240 feet off runway ends is clear.
- 268 feet cellular tower 1/2 MI wsw of runway 03.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - 122.725
- 7 feet crops 68 feet from runway end
- 7 feet shrub 67 feet from runway end.
- For noise abatement fly wide pattern runway 03.
- Extensive parachute actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.