Cottonwood Airport
IL57 · Bloomington, Illinois · Mc Lean County · map
Cottonwood Airport is a private airport, 5 miles southwest of Bloomington, Illinois, 746 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IL57
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 746 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1992
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,800 × 134 ft | Grass |
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Bloomington from the FAA register
48 aircraft are registered to owners in Bloomington, Illinois: 39 piston singles, 4 business jets, 3 piston twins, 2 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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
- Provided area 125 feet either side of runway centerline and 200 feet off runway ends clear of obstruction; any obstruction in runway approach slope removed/lowered or runway threshold displaced and marked to provide minimum 20:1 approach clnc over obstruction.
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.