Salem-Leckrone Airport
SLO · KSLO · Salem, Illinois · Marion County · map
Salem-Leckrone Airport is a public-use airport owned by Salem Airport Authority, 2 miles northwest of Salem, Illinois, 573 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,098 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 11 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 19,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KSLO · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KSLO 062235Z AUTO 10SM CLR 26/06 A3000 RMK AO2 T02550063
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 SLO · ICAO KSLO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Salem Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 573 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,098 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Slo and aWOS-3PT | 118.525 | |
| Mount Vernon Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 618-312-1051.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,000, 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 Salem from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Salem, Illinois: 10 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 drone, 1 balloon. 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 · 7 since 1982, 0 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 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate PAPI runway 18/36, runway end identifier lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL is SELF-SERVE west/credit card.
- Runway 36 PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees left and 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.