Flora Municipal
FOA · KFOA · Flora, Illinois · Clay County · map
Flora Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Flora Airport Authority, 2 miles east of Flora, Illinois, 473 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFOA · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (150°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 KFOA 062015Z AUTO 15007KT 120V180 10SM CLR 25/07 A3003 RMK AO2
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 FOA · ICAO KFOA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Flora Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 473 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1957
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 2,715 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 03: pulsating on the left, tree 73 ft high 2,708 ft from the end
- Runway 21: localizer with DME, pulsating on the left, tree 46 ft high 1,780 ft from the end
- Runway 15: threshold displaced 204 ft, tree 46 ft high 611 ft from the end
- Runway 33: threshold displaced 174 ft, power line 27 ft high 357 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Foa and aWOS-3 | 120.175 | |
| Mount Vernon Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 618-662-8355.
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 Flora from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Flora, Illinois: 5 helicopters, 2 drones, 1 turboprop, 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.
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 · 1 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
- Runway 15/33 soft when wet.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 21; plasi runways 03/21 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel self service with credit card.
- Runway 15 /33 thlds and boundary outlined by white 1/2 tires. Day use only.
- Approach slope 17:1 to displaced threshold.
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.