Fairfield Municipal
FWC · KFWC · Fairfield, Illinois · Wayne County · map
Fairfield Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fairfield, 2 miles west of Fairfield, Illinois, 434 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFWC · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 41°F (5°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 KFWC 062115Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 25/05 A3001 RMK AO2 T02490050
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 FWC · ICAO KFWC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fairfield
- Elevation
- 434 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- 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
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1954
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 1,999 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: pulsating on the left
- Runway 27: pulsating on the left
- Runway 36: road 14 ft high 323 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Fwc and aWOS-3PT | 119.425 | |
| Mount Vernon Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 618-847-4709.
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 Fairfield from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairfield, Illinois: 9 piston singles, 1 drone. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; runway end identifier lights runway 09 - 123.05.
- Runway 18 marking faded.
- Runway 36 marking faded.
- Psil unusable beyond 6 degreess right and left of centerline.
- Psil unusable beyond 6 degreess right and left of centerline.
- 18/36 approach slope is 23:1 to runway 36 end.
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.