Herrens Bess Hollow Airfield
LL77 · Kampsville, Illinois · Adams County · map
Herrens Bess Hollow Airfield is a private airport, 4 miles west of Kampsville, Illinois, 580 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 1,924 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 LL77
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 580 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2010
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 1,924 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 06: trees 85 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 24: trees 70 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
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: Pittsfield Penstone Municipal (20 nm north), Jacksonville Municipal (35 nm northeast), Creve Coeur Airport (36 nm south), St. Louis Lambert International (37 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pittsfield Penstone Municipal (20 nm north), Bowling Green Municipal (24 nm west), St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field (26 nm southeast), Jacksonville Municipal (35 nm northeast).
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 clear 20:1 approach maintained; obstruction free ingress/egress rtes.
- 911 address: 2924 Bess Hollow road Kampsville, IL 62053
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Kampsville from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Kampsville, Illinois: 4 drones, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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.
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
- Aircraft registered in Kampsville 6 aircraft · 4 drones, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Fraley Aerial Application LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,118 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 8,055 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LL77.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.