Ogle County
C55 · Mount Morris, Illinois · Ogle County · map
Ogle County is a public-use airport owned by Ogle County Pilots INC, 2 miles southeast of Mount Morris, Illinois, 929 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,640 feet of grass.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Ogle County?
Its FAA code is C55.
Where is Ogle County?
It is 2 miles southeast of Mount Morris, Illinois, 929 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Ogle County?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,640 feet long, grass.
Does Ogle County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Ogle County?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Rock River Flyers. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ogle County?
8 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Ogle County…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C55
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Ogle County Pilots INC
- Elevation
- 929 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 400 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1980
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,640 × 200 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Albertus Airport (15 nm northwest), Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field (16 nm southeast), Chicago/Rockford International (16 nm northeast), Whiteside County/Jos H Bittorf Field (22 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Dixon Muni-Charles R Walgreen Field (12 nm south), Albertus Airport (15 nm northwest), Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field (16 nm southeast), Chicago/Rockford International (16 nm northeast).
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
- Provide all obs pentg runway app slope surfaces are rmvd, thresholds clrly marked to provide minimum of 20:1 app clrnc ovr all obs and suf rmng usable runway length available to prmt safe landing/takeoff by type aircraft using runways.
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 9/27 not plowed during winter months; use at own risk
- Activate non-standard low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 400 feet above ground level ultralights, 800 feet above ground level sngl eng.
- Runway 09/27 non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to spacing; intensity and NON-FRANGIBLE - orange cones adjacent to lights.
- +10 feet corn may be on runway ends during growing season.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mount Morris from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Morris, Illinois: 2 piston singles, 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.
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:
- Rock River Flyers 1 aircraft · Mount Morris Rock River Flyers, Inc.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 9 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Fred Arthur Sweet private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Poplar Grove, IL (30 nm) · (815) 670-1667 · [email protected]
- Christopher Timothy Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Janesville, WI (38 nm) · (608) 290-4700 · [email protected]
- Joseph Lawrence Kinzer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Peru, IL (43 nm) · (262) 573-6115 · [email protected]
- Thomas James Norton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes · Peru, IL (43 nm) · (407) 951-2901 · [email protected]
- Jay Christopher Rud private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · J.A. Flight Training · Aurora, IL (45 nm) · (815) 557-5221 · [email protected]
- Brandon Kuhn private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Blue Skies Flying Services · Lake in the Hills, IL (49 nm) · (815) 276-1356 · [email protected]
- John Quinn Fulgenzi private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Algonquin, IL (49 nm) · (815) 236-8646 · [email protected]
- Michael Biewenga private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Blue Skies Flying Services · Lake in the Hills, IL (49 nm) · (847) 208-6785 · [email protected]
All 35 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Mount Morris 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Rock River Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 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 8,052 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/C55.json.
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 27, 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.