Benton Municipal
H96 · Benton, Illinois · Franklin County · map
Benton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Benton, 1 mile west of Benton, Illinois, 444 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA H96
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Benton
- Elevation
- 444 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattnd
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Marion and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.475 |
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Aircraft registered in Benton from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Benton, Illinois: 4 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 · 4 since 1982, 2 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 18/36 preset on low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway marking faded.
- Runway marking 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.