Pittsfield Penstone Municipal
PPQ · KPPQ · Pittsfield, Illinois · Pike County · map
Pittsfield Penstone Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Pittsfield, 3 miles northeast of Pittsfield, Illinois, 710 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 10 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KPPQ · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 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 KPPQ 062235Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 25/07 A2996 RMK AO2 T02510070
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 PPQ · ICAO KPPQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Pittsfield
- Elevation
- 710 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1974
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ppq and aWOS-3T | 118.525 | |
| Quincy and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3T), by phone 217-285-1428.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Pittsfield from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Pittsfield, Illinois: 3 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 drone, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset on low intst; to increase intst and activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service credit card (major) fuel facility.
- Runway 13 markings poor due to fading.
- Runway 31 markings poor due to fading.
- Runway 13 PAPI, operate continuously.
- Runway 31 PAPI, operate continuously.
- Deer and migratory waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- (E81) taxiway lights are lighted exit arrows.
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.