Frasca Field
C16 · Urbana, Illinois · Champaign County · map
Frasca Field is a public-use airport owned by Frasca Air Service INC, 1 mile north of Urbana, Illinois, 735 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,001 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C16
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Frasca Air Service INC
- Elevation
- 735 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,001 × 55 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,654 × 140 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 318 ft, pole 38 ft high 416 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.35 |
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 Urbana from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Urbana, Illinois: 22 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 helicopters, 2 gliders, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Appch ratio is 20:1 to the displaced thld.
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.