Joliet Regional
JOT · KJOT · Joliet, Illinois · Will County · map
Joliet Regional is a public-use airport owned by Joliet Park District, 4 miles west of Joliet, Illinois, 582 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 2,821 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)) and about 65 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 25,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Joliet Regional?
Its FAA code is JOT, and its ICAO code is KJOT.
Where is Joliet Regional?
It is 4 miles west of Joliet, Illinois, 582 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Joliet Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 13/31, is 2,821 feet long.
Does Joliet Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Joliet Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas).
Are there flight schools at Joliet Regional?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Chicago Glider Club and Lewis University. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Joliet Regional?
22 pilot examiners and 29 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Joliet Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA JOT · ICAO KJOT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Joliet Park District
- Elevation
- 582 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday, 7:00 am to 1:00 pm; unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,821 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 2,552 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 100 ft, tree 21 ft high 373 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 80 ft, tree 51 ft high 839 ft from the end
- Runway 22: tree 89 ft high 1,283 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.35 | |
| Jot and aWOS-3 | 119.975 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 815-730-9560.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Lewis University Airport (6 nm northeast), Bolingbrook'S Clow International (11 nm north), Morris Muni/James R Washburn Field (12 nm southwest).
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset on low intst - to activate incr intst PAPI runway 13; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 04 /22 marked with tires painted white; thld marked with white gravel. Runway 13/31 markings faded.
- Approach ratio 16:1 to dthr. +51 RT tree, dist 827 feet, 45 RT L, approach slope 16:1 to dislace thhd.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to dthr.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 63 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 25,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 11,300 |
| general aviation, local | 11,000 |
| military | 700 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Joliet from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Joliet, Illinois: 25 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider. 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:
- Chicago Glider Club 6 aircraft · Minooka, 7 miles away The Chicago Glider Club is a flying club based in Minooka, Illinois, founded in 1953.
- Lewis University 38 aircraft · Romeoville, 9 miles away
- Great Lakes Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Romeoville, 9 miles away
- Jwa Flight School LLC 5 aircraft · Bolingbrook, 13 miles away JWA Flight School is a Part 61 flight training provider located at Clow Airport in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
22 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 22 for private pilot, 18 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 20 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 29 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Keith McGill private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plainfield, IL (6 nm) · (815) 483-3931 · [email protected]
- Gregory Mark Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oswego, IL (11 nm) · (815) 474-0202 · [email protected]
- Matthew Edward Massey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorkville, IL (13 nm) · (815) 546-3664 · [email protected]
- Ronald Neal Ridenour private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Naperville, IL (15 nm) · (630) 854-9456 · [email protected]
- Kevin Carlyle Lindsay private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Naperville, IL (16 nm) · (708) 655-4901 · [email protected]
- Jay Christopher Rud private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · J.A. Flight Training · Aurora, IL (20 nm) · (815) 557-5221 · [email protected]
- Logan Arlis private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Dupage Airport · West Chicago, IL (23 nm) · (630) 327-8074 · [email protected]
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (26 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · [email protected]
All 75 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Joliet 32 aircraft · 25 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- J F Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Chicago Glider Club 6 aircraft · flying club
- Lewis University 38 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Great Lakes Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 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 8,052 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/JOT.json.
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 27, 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.