Welch Heliport
IL00 · Danville, Illinois · Vermilion County · map
Welch Heliport is a private heliport, 3 miles southeast of Danville, Illinois, 650 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 20 by 20 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IL00
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 650 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2006
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.075 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Vermilion Regional (6 nm north), Edgar County (24 nm south), Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (28 nm northwest), Frasca Field (29 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Vermilion Regional (6 nm north), Edgar County (24 nm south), Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (28 nm northwest), Frasca Field (29 nm west).
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
- Provided all approach/departure FR 285 to 295 degrees and FR 065 to 075 degrees; area is marked; wind indicator is maintained and comply with far part 91.126 (B)(2).
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Danville from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Danville, Illinois: 21 piston singles, 8 balloons, 3 gliders, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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:
- Illini Glider Club 4 aircraft · Danville, 7 miles away The Illini Glider Club is a non-profit soaring club located at Vermillion Regional Airport in Danville, Illinois.
- Vermillion County Flying Club 1 aircraft · Danville, 7 miles away
Companies in the same town as this heliport, 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Danville 34 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 8 balloons, 3 gliders
- Illini Glider Club 3 aircraft in town
- Ma Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Bilco Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Illini Glider Club 4 aircraft · flying club
- Vermillion County Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 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 8,049 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IL00.json.
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 26, 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.