Desutter Farm Heliport
IL49 · Manito, Illinois · Mason County · map
Desutter Farm Heliport is a private heliport, 3 miles southeast of Manito, Illinois, 488 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of gravel.
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 IL49
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 488 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irreg
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2017
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Gravel |
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: Pekin Municipal (6 nm northeast), General Downing - Peoria International (16 nm north), Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (24 nm north), Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (34 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pekin Municipal (6 nm northeast), General Downing - Peoria International (16 nm north), Havana Regional (17 nm southwest), Ingersoll Airport (18 nm northwest).
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
- The FAA'S flight standards division has conducted an ON-SITE inspection of the proposed Desutter Farm private use heliport in Manito. IL. our position is that helicopter operations can be conducted safely from this heliport provided the following conditions are met: 1. All helicopter approach/departure route operations are conducted on a 280 degree clockwise to 320 degree egress heading / 100 degree clockwise to 140 degree ingress heading using the center of the heliport as the reference point. Operations may also be conducted on a 020 degree clockwise to 110 degree egress heading / 200 degree clockwise to 290 degree ingress heading using the center of the heliport as the reference point. 2. All operations are conducted in VFR weather conditions. 3. The landing area is limited to private use. Approach/departure paths on an annual basis in accordance with AC 150/5390-2C, paragraph 210E. any new obstacles noted will be forwarded to the airport district office, flight standards district office or regional flight standards division. Additionally, flight standards recommends that: 1. The tlof and/or fato be marked with flush, IN-GROUND markers in accordance with AC 150/5290-2C, paragraph 215B. 2. Unauthorized persons are restrained from access to the takeoff/landing area during helicopter flight operations. 3. Fire protection is provided in accordance with the nfpa 418, local fire code and AC 150/5390-2C. 4. The proponent refers to AC 150/5390-2C in establishing an...
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Manito from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Manito, Illinois: 5 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 balloon. 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.
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 Manito 10 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Palmer Flying Service INC 4 aircraft in town
- 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 8,052 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IL49.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 27, 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.