Edgar County
PRG · KPRG · Paris, Illinois · Edgar County · map
Edgar County is a public-use airport owned by Sup Board of Edgar CO, 5 miles north of Paris, Illinois, 654 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPRG · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (160°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KPRG 061935Z AUTO 16011KT 10SM CLR 23/05 A3005 RMK AO2 T02330050
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 PRG · ICAO KPRG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sup Board of Edgar CO
- Elevation
- 654 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm; Sunday, on call
- 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
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1975
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: pulsating on the left
- Runway 27: pulsating on the left
- Runway 18: pulsating on the left, tree 45 ft high 1,141 ft from the end
- Runway 36: pulsating on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.45 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 134.725 | |
| Prg and aWOS-3 | 124.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 217-465-4304.
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 Paris from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Paris, Illinois: 4 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 piston twin, 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 · 3 since 1982, 2 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 09/27 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate psil runways 09 and 27, medium-intensity runway lights psil, runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 09 markings faded.
- Runway 27 markings faded.
- Unusable beyond 5 degrees left/right of centerline.
- Unusable beyond 5 degrees left/right of centerline.
- Unusable beyond 5 degrees left/right of centerline.
- Unusable beyond 5 degrees left/right of centerline.
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.