Sackman Field
IL91 · Columbia, Illinois · Monroe County · map
Sackman Field is a private airport owned by Columbia Aero Club, 2 miles wnw of Columbia, Illinois, 420 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 2,450 feet of grass.
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 IL91
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Columbia Aero Club
- Elevation
- 420 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,450 × 150 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 21: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: St. Louis Downtown Airport (8 nm northeast), St. Louis Lambert International (19 nm north), Scott Afb/Midamerica St. Louis Airport (20 nm east), Creve Coeur Airport (21 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: St. Louis Downtown Airport (8 nm northeast), St. Louis Lambert International (19 nm north), Scott Afb/Midamerica St. Louis Airport (20 nm east), Creve Coeur Airport (21 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
- Provided obstruction removed/lowered to provide a clear 20:1 approach; area 125 feet either side of runway is clear; area 60 feet either side of centerline and 240 feet off runway ends is clear.
- Aprt closed to helicopter operations.
- For runway lights key 122.9 3 clicks. Lights go off after 15 minimum.
- Segmented circle and traffic arms are bright orange.
- Adm building can be accessed by cipher lock with combo 1229
- President of Columbia aero club.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to uneven spacing and NON-FRANGIBLE mounts.
- Runway 03 54 feet powerline marked with orange balls 1355 feet from runway end; 25:1 approach slope.
- Seasonal crops within the primary surface area.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Columbia from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbia, Illinois: 17 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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, 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:
- St Louis Flight Training LLC 7 aircraft · Cahokia, 9 miles away
- Saint Louis University 15 aircraft · Saint Louis, 13 miles away Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit research institution in Saint Louis, Missouri, offering nearly 100 undergraduate and 140 graduate programs.
- St Louis Soaring Association INC 10 aircraft · Saint Louis, 13 miles away
- Gateway Flight Training LLC 4 aircraft · Saint Louis, 13 miles away Gateway Flight Training offers recreational and professional aviation flight training at Creve Coeur Airport in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- Spirit Flyers INC 2 aircraft · Saint Louis, 13 miles away Spirit Flyers, Inc is a non-profit flying club based at Spirit of St.
- Boeing Employees Flying Club St Louis INC 1 aircraft · Saint Louis, 13 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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 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 Columbia 21 aircraft · 17 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Aerocareers Nfp 3 aircraft in town
- St Louis Flight Training LLC 7 aircraft · flight school
- Saint Louis University 15 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- St Louis Soaring Association INC 10 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,118 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 8,067 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IL91.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 November 6, 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.