Jerry Lay Heliport
IS18 · Minonk, Illinois · Woodford County · map
Jerry Lay Heliport is a private heliport, 3 miles southeast of Minonk, Illinois, 757 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 100 by 100 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IS18
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 757 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2010
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Minonk from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Minonk, Illinois: 6 helicopters, 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; ingress/egress rtes remain obstruction free; takeoff/landing area marked; approach/departure rte helicopter operations conducted from 220 to 040 degrees clkws and from 320 to 140 degrees clkws.
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.