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) and about 13 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Fairfield Municipal?
Its FAA code is FWC, and its ICAO code is KFWC.
Where is Fairfield Municipal?
It is 2 miles west of Fairfield, Illinois, 434 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Fairfield Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 09/27, is 4,000 feet long.
Does Fairfield Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Fairfield Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Fairfield Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: White County Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Fairfield Municipal?
4 pilot examiners and 1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Fairfield Municipal…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Flora Municipal (17 nm north), Mount Vernon Airport (21 nm west), Carmi Municipal (22 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 13 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,500 |
| general aviation, local | 6,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- White County Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Fairfield Flying Country Club of the Quad Cities is a flying club incorporated in 1961 that provides flight training and aircraft rental to members.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Bradley Vernon Kramer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · United Companies Air Center · Evansville, IN (46 nm) · (812) 483-8855 · [email protected]
- John Christopher Lemon private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · United Companies Air Center · Evansville, IN (46 nm) · (812) 480-4355 · [email protected]
- Ryan Hobby private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Evansville, IN (46 nm) · (812) 589-9339 · [email protected]
- Steven Charles Goetz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Marion, IL (47 nm) · (618) 977-5640 · [email protected]
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fairfield 10 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 1 drones
- White County Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 250 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FWC.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.