Mays Aviation Airport
IL63 · Chenoa, Illinois · Mc Lean County · map
Mays Aviation Airport is a private airport, 3 miles south of Chenoa, Illinois, 720 feet above sea level. Its one runway, N/S, is 2,640 feet of grass.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IL63
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 720 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 2,640 × 70 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Pontiac Municipal (14 nm north), Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport (17 nm southwest), Paxton Airport (29 nm southeast), Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (34 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pontiac Municipal (14 nm north), Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport (17 nm southwest), Dwight Airport (28 nm north), Paxton Airport (29 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chenoa from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Chenoa, Illinois: 5 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.
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 Chenoa 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 drones
- 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 8,055 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IL63.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 30, 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.