Centralia Municipal
ENL · KENL · Centralia, Illinois · Marion County · map
Centralia Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Centralia, 2 miles southeast of Centralia, Illinois, 534 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KENL · observed 3:10 pm CDT (20:10 UTC), 70 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 80°F (26°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KENL 062010Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 27/05 A3002 RMK AO2 T02650050
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 ENL · ICAO KENL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Centralia
- Elevation
- 534 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 3,300 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 49 ft high 1,608 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern, road 13 ft high 470 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Enl and aWOS-3PT | 121.125 | |
| Mount Vernon Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 618-533-4417.
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 Centralia from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Centralia, Illinois: 27 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 4 balloons, 1 turboprop. 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 · 10 since 1982, 3 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27, runway 18/36 and runway end identifier lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 9 marking poor.
- Runway 27 markings 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.