Poplar Grove Airport
C77 · Poplar Grove, Illinois · Boone County · map
Poplar Grove Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Poplar Grove, Illinois, 857 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 3,773 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas). The FAA counts about 66,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Poplar Grove Airport?
Its FAA code is C77.
Where is Poplar Grove Airport?
It is 3 miles south of Poplar Grove, Illinois, 857 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Poplar Grove Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 12/30, is 3,773 feet long.
Does Poplar Grove Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Poplar Grove Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Poplar Grove Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Poplar Grove Aviation Education Assoc INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Poplar Grove Airport?
21 pilot examiners and 29 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 Poplar Grove Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C77
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 857 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, sunrise to sunset
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1972
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,773 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,709 × 200 ft | Grass, good | |
| 17/35 | 2,467 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 12: threshold displaced 500 ft
- Runway 27: tree 62 ft high 655 ft from the end
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 220 ft, road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Chicago/Rockford International (14 nm southwest), Southern Wisconsin Regional (20 nm northwest), DE Kalb Taylor Municipal (24 nm south), Lake IN The Hills Airport (24 nm east).
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
- Altitude blake thomas
- Closed when snow covered except to ski aircraft.
- Closed when snow covered except to ski aircraft.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to spacing, intst and NON-FRANGIBLE mountings.
- Marked with white bars under numbers; no arrows.
- Marked with three cones on each side of runway.
- Calm wind runway.
- Approach slope is 32:1 at displaced threshold.
- Approach slope is 20:1 at displaced threshold.
- Caution: impaired sight clncs between runway ends due to rolling trrn.
- Runway 12/30 markings poor.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
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 66,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 18,000 |
| general aviation, local | 48,000 |
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 Poplar Grove from the FAA register
168 aircraft are registered to owners in Poplar Grove, Illinois: 147 piston singles, 14 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 drones, 1 glider. 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
Fuel and service companies in Poplar Grove, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Poplar Grove Aviation Education Assoc INC 4 aircraft · Poplar Grove
Repair stations in Poplar Grove:
- Poplar Grove Airmotive INC Poplar Grove Airmotive operates a 20,000+ square foot aircraft maintenance facility in Poplar Grove, Illinois, with an Airframe Shop, Engine Shop, and Accessory Shop serving general aviation customers operating modern corporate and vintage
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
21 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 21 for private pilot, 16 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 20 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 29 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 9 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 7 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot 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 (0 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 (20 nm) · (608) 290-4700 · [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 (24 nm) · (815) 276-1356 · [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 (24 nm) · (847) 208-6785 · [email protected]
- John Quinn Fulgenzi private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Algonquin, IL (25 nm) · (815) 236-8646 · [email protected]
- David Mckinney Monroe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Cary, IL (27 nm) · (847) 736-8171 · [email protected]
- Gail Sue Lapook private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Wauconda, IL (31 nm) · (708) 601-6219 · [email protected]
- Donald Goss private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Grayslake, IL (34 nm) · (847) 226-7326 · [email protected]
All 88 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.
- 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 · 15 since 1982, 3 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 Poplar Grove 168 aircraft · 147 piston singles, 14 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Poplar Grove Airmotive INC 17 aircraft in town
- Lb Aero Services INC 5 aircraft in town
- Aerojet Services INC 3 aircraft in town
- Poplar Grove Aviation Education Assoc INC 2 aircraft in town
- Lb Aero Services INC 5 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Poplar Grove Aviation Education Assoc INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Poplar Grove Airmotive INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 3 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 8,049 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/C77.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 26, 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.