Illinois Valley Flying Club
Flying club in Peru, Illinois, where the main public airport is Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field (VYS). The FAA register lists 3 aircraft under this name and 1 other spelling of it, all at the same address or in the same town, mostly Cessna 172M.
Website: illinoisvalleyflyingclub.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Illinois Valley Flying Club have?
3 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Illinois Valley Flying Club fly?
Mostly the Cessna 172M, along with the Piper PA-28-181 and the Piper PA-28R-200.
How old are Illinois Valley Flying Club's aircraft?
Built between 1972 and 1977; half were built in 1973 or earlier, so the typical one is about 53 years old.
Has Illinois Valley Flying Club had any accidents?
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.
Where is Illinois Valley Flying Club?
In Peru, Illinois; the main public airport there is Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field (VYS).
Are there FAA examiners near Illinois Valley Flying Club?
6 pilot examiners and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Illinois Valley Flying Club from its own website, read October 13, 2026
Illinois Valley Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Illinois Valley Regional Airport (KVYS) in Peru, Illinois. Founded in 1987, it operates three aircraft and provides affordable flying opportunities to members in LaSalle County through shared ownership and cost structures.
- Calls itself
- IVFC
- What it is
- Flying club
- Bases
- Peru, IL KVYS
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172
- Services
- aircraft sharing, membership
- Founded
- 1987
- Address
- 4241 Ed Urban Drive, Peru, IL, 61354
- Telephone
- 815-223-8441
- [email protected]
- Elsewhere
Written by the site from the pages of www.illinoisvalleyflyingclub.com on October 13, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Joseph Lawrence Kinzer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Peru, IL (0 nm) · (262) 573-6115 · [email protected]
- Thomas James Norton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes · Peru, IL (0 nm) · (407) 951-2901 · [email protected]
- Matthew Edward Massey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorkville, IL (36 nm) · (815) 546-3664 · [email protected]
- Jay Christopher Rud private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · J.A. Flight Training · Aurora, IL (40 nm) · (815) 557-5221 · [email protected]
- Gregory Mark Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oswego, IL (42 nm) · (815) 474-0202 · [email protected]
- Keith McGill private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plainfield, IL (45 nm) · (815) 483-3931 · [email protected]
All 25 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
3 aircraft are registered to Illinois Valley Flying Club today, mostly Cessna 172M. Built between 1972 and 1977; half of them in 1973 or earlier, so the typical one is about 53 years old.
All 3 aircraft, each with its own page
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.
Only the aircraft registered to Illinois Valley Flying Club today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in Illinois.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Starved Rock Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club, Peru
Compare every school in Illinois: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Peru, IL · where it registers its aircraft
- Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field · VYS
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
- 3 aircraft on the register · Cessna 172M
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 21, 2026). The FAA publishes no downloadable list of flight schools (its online finder covers only certificated Part 141 schools), so a company is listed here when its name says what it does. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.