Schertz Field
9IS2 · Gibson City, Illinois · Ford County · map
Schertz Field is a private airport, 5 miles northeast of Gibson City, Illinois, 758 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,177 feet of asphalt and grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9IS2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 758 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattnd
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,177 × 100 ft | Asphalt and grass, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 174 ft
- Runway 36: pole 53 ft high 2,667 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Paxton Airport (7 nm east), Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (13 nm southeast), Frasca Field (20 nm south), University Of Illinois/Willard Airport (27 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Paxton Airport (7 nm east), Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (13 nm southeast), Frasca Field (20 nm south), University Of Illinois/Willard Airport (27 nm south).
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
- 581 feet by 100 feet grass on south end.
- Fixture spacing and light intst varies.
- Center 30 feet portion is asphalt and 35 feet on either side is grass.
- +15 feet road 30 feet from runway end.
- 18/36 markings faded and unreadable.
- Approach slope 16:1 to displaced thld.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Gibson City from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Gibson City, Illinois: 3 drones, 1 turboprop. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.
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:
- Paxton Flyers 1 aircraft · Loda, 10 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Gibson City 4 aircraft · 3 drones, 1 turboprops
- R & M Custom Application LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Paxton Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 250 in the last ten years
- 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/9IS2.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.