Rhea Airport
IS66 · Pontoosuc, Illinois · Hancock County · map
Rhea Airport is a private airport owned by Mary A. Rhea Trust, 2 miles south of Pontoosuc, Illinois, 684 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IS66
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Mary A. Rhea Trust
- Elevation
- 684 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1981
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,000 × 70 ft | Grass |
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Pontoosuc from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Pontoosuc, IL as the owner's town.
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 all traffic pattern operations are conducted north of the east/west runway to provide compatible operations with owings airport.
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.