Ellen Church Field
CJJ · KCJJ · Cresco, Iowa · Howard County · map
Ellen Church Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cresco, 1 mile southwest of Cresco, Iowa, 1,279 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,949 feet of concrete.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CJJ · ICAO KCJJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cresco
- Elevation
- 1,279 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,949 × 50 ft | Concrete, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: tree 74 ft high 1,736 ft from the end
- Runway 33: pole 25 ft high 714 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · The common traffic frequency/UNICOM out of service indefinitely. |
| La Crosse Center (remote transmitter) High | 118.85 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Cresco from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Cresco, Iowa: 3 piston singles, 3 drones. 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 Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- The common traffic frequency/UNICOM out of service indefinitely.
- Be alert for ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - 122.7.
- Answered by police; not on field.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.