Bult Field
C56 · Monee, Illinois · Will County · map
Bult Field is a public-use airport owned by Il Dept of Transportation, 3 miles southeast of Monee, Illinois, 790 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,002 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 88 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 13,300 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C56
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Il Dept of Transportation
- Elevation
- 790 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1953
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 150 ft, tree 50 ft high 1,204 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| C56 and aWOS-AV | 119.125 | |
| Kankakee and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-AV), by phone 708-534-5256.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 13,300, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Monee from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Monee, Illinois: 14 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 gyroplane. 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.
- Birds and animals on and in the vicinity of of airport.
- 100LL fuel available H24 west/credit card.
- Jet a available aft hour with prior arrangement.
- Runway 27 12 feet road 141 feet from runway end on CL.
- Runway 09 8 feet road 156 feet runway end CL.
- Calm wind runway.
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.