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)).
Weather right now KJOT · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJOT 062115Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM CLR 24/07 A2995 RMK AO2 T02420069
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.