Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field
TIP · KTIP · Rantoul, Illinois · Champaign County · map
Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field is a public-use airport owned by the Village of Rantoul in Rantoul, Illinois, 738 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TIP · ICAO KTIP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Village of Rantoul
- Elevation
- 738 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1993
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,894 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.35 | |
| Tip and aWOS-3 | 119.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 217-892-4999.
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Aircraft registered in Rantoul from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Rantoul, Illinois: 1 piston twin. 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
- To incr intst and activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 09/27 and 18/36, runway end identifier lightss runways 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 09 and 27 operates continuously.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) operations MON-FRI 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. The FBO (fixed-base operator) service closed Saturday+Sunday unless advn coordination is made.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport. Seasonal mowing operations adjacent to runways and taxiways.
- Taxiway 35 feet wide in most places. 48 hours prior permission required for aircraft with single wheel load greater than 15,000 pounds.
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.