Cairo Regional
CIR · KCIR · Cairo, Illinois · Alexander County · map
Cairo Regional is a public-use airport owned by Alexander County Airport, 4 miles northwest of Cairo, Illinois, 322 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 4,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KCIR · observed 3:55 pm CDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 7 miles
- Temperature 80°F (27°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCIR 062055Z AUTO 07003KT 7SM CLR 27/08 A3001 RMK AO2 T02660082
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CIR · ICAO KCIR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Alexander County Airport
- Elevation
- 322 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, irreg
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1950
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,200 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cir and aWOS-3 | 118.025 | |
| Paducah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 618-734-9173.
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 Cairo from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Cairo, Illinois: 1 piston single. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- Self service fuel available 24 hours.
- Markings extrmly faded.
- Markings extrmly faded.
- Markings extrmly faded.
- Markings extrmly faded.
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.