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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
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: Southeast Iowa Regional (12 nm north), Keokuk Municipal (13 nm southwest), Macomb Municipal (25 nm east), Mount Pleasant Municipal (26 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fort Madison Municipal (7 nm northwest), Southeast Iowa Regional (12 nm north), Keokuk Municipal (13 nm southwest), Macomb Municipal (25 nm east).
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 all traffic pattern operations are conducted north of the east/west runway to provide compatible operations with owings airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Pontoosuc from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Pontoosuc, IL as the owner's town.
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
- 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/IS66.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 29, 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.