Albertus Airport
FEP · KFEP · Freeport, Illinois · Stephenson County · map
Albertus Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Freeport, 3 miles southeast of Freeport, Illinois, 859 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 5,504 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFEP · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 13 knots, gusting to 22
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 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 KFEP 062015Z AUTO 23013G22KT 10SM CLR 24/07 A2994 RMK AO2 T02420071
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 FEP · ICAO KFEP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Freeport
- Elevation
- 859 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 400 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; Saturday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,504 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 2,404 × 150 ft | Grass, good | |
| 13/31 | 2,285 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 52 ft high 2,118 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.85 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.0 | |
| Fep and aWOS-3 | 120.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 815-233-4472.
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 Freeport from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Freeport, Illinois: 15 piston singles. 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 · 5 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and taxiway lights preset on low intst sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 24 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 06 and 24 operate continuously.
- Pattern altitude: 400 feet above ground level ultralights, 800 feet above ground level piston aircraft.
- 100 LL available 24HR self service
- 13/31 thlds marked with IN-GROUND concrete markers.
- 18/36 thlds marked with IN-GROUND concrete markers.
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.