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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 13,300 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Bult Field?
Its FAA code is C56.
Where is Bult Field?
It is 3 miles southeast of Monee, Illinois, 790 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bult Field?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,002 feet long, concrete.
Does Bult Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Bult Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Bult Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: D14 Flight Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bult Field?
16 pilot examiners and 28 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 Bult Field…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Lansing Municipal (12 nm northeast), Griffith-Merrillville Airport (15 nm northeast), Gary/Chicago International (19 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
- Looking…
Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 81 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 1 |
| other | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 13,300, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,900 |
| general aviation, local | 3,300 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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:
- D14 Flight Club INC 2 aircraft · Manteno, 12 miles away D14 Aviation is a flight school based in Illinois offering pilot training from discovery flights through advanced certifications including private pilot, commercial pilot, certified flight instructor, instrument rating, and multi-engine rat
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
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 28 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Griffith Aviation · Griffith, IN (15 nm) · (847) 219-1189 · [email protected]
- Mohammad Shawahin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Gary, IN (18 nm) · (773) 359-2773 · [email protected]
- Keith McGill private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plainfield, IL (28 nm) · (815) 483-3931 · [email protected]
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (30 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · [email protected]
- Keegan Starkey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Valparaiso, IN (31 nm) · (863) 271-4995 · [email protected]
- Ronald Neal Ridenour private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Naperville, IL (31 nm) · (630) 854-9456 · [email protected]
- Gregory Mark Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oswego, IL (33 nm) · (815) 474-0202 · [email protected]
- Kevin Carlyle Lindsay private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Naperville, IL (34 nm) · (708) 655-4901 · [email protected]
All 64 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 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. 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 Monee 18 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Bult Equipment LLC 2 aircraft in town
- D14 Flight Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- 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 8,052 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/C56.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.