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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Pontiac Municipal (17 nm east), Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport (23 nm south), Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (29 nm west), Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field (30 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pontiac Municipal (17 nm east), Marshall County (20 nm northwest), Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport (23 nm south), Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (29 nm west).
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 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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 Minonk 8 aircraft · 6 helicopters, 2 piston singles
- 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/IS18.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.