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H96

Benton Municipal Airport
Benton, Illinois, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 12 JUNE 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	H96
Lat/Long:	38-00-30.6000N 088-56-04.0000W 38-00.510000N 088-56.066667W 38.0085000,-88.9344444 (estimated)
Elevation:	444.1 ft. / 135.4 m (surveyed)
Variation:	02W (2010)
From city:	1 mile W of BENTON, IL
Time zone:	UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	62812

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	04/1947
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	KANSAS CITY CENTER
FSS:	SAINT LOUIS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	STL (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATTND
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	no
Lights:	MIRL RY 18/36 PRESET ON LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST ACTVT - CTAF.
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM:	122.8
WX AWOS-3P at MWA (16 nm S):	119.675 (618-942-8877)
WX AWOS-3PT at MVN (19 nm N):	118.2 (618-242-7933)

APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY KANSAS CITY ARTCC ON FREQS 127.475/346.275 (MARION RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
ENLr153/26.9		CENTRALIA VORTAC		115.00		04E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
JONNY		009/10.3		382		01E		MW	-- .--
WAYNE COUNTY		229/33.3		257		01W		FWC	..-. .-- -.-.

Airport Services

Fuel available:	100LL
Parking:	tiedowns

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions:

4002 x 75 ft. / 1220 x 23 m

Surface:

asphalt, in good condition

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:

4.0

Runway edge lights:

medium intensity

Runway edge markings:

RWY MARKING FADED.

RUNWAY 18

RUNWAY 36

Latitude:

38-00.840073N

38-00.180805N

Longitude:

088-56.071950W

088-56.061308W

Elevation:

439.1 ft.

444.1 ft.

Traffic pattern:

left

Runway heading:

181 magnetic, 179 true

001 magnetic, 359 true

Markings:

nonprecision, in poor condition

Visual slope indicator:

4-light PAPI on left (3.33 degrees glide path)

Runway end identifier lights:

yes

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

Obstructions:

none

68 ft. tree, 1226 ft. from runway, 135 ft. right of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	CITY OF BENTON P.O. BOX 640, 1403 SOUTH MAIN ST BENTON, IL 62812 Phone 618-439-6131
Manager:	MATTHEW HARRISON P.O. BOX 640 BENTON, IL 62812 Phone 815-529-1207 EMAIL AIRPORT@BENTONIL.COM (ALL LWR CASE) MATTHEWHARRISON@HOTMAIL.COM

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC KANSAS CITY ARTCC AT 913-254-8508.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 12 June 2025 at 0901Z to 10 July 2025 at 0900z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18		download (230KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (482KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMWA - Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (16 nm S)
KMVN - Mount Vernon Airport (19 nm N)
KPJY - Pinckneyville/Du Quoin Airport (20 nm W)
KMDH - Southern Illinois Airport (20 nm SW)
KHSB - Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (22 nm SE)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 17-Jun-2025

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:02	10:02
Sunrise	05:34	10:34
Sunset	20:20	01:20
Evening civil twilight	20:51	01:51

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	17-Jun-2025 21:05:23
Local (UTC-5)	17-Jun-2025 16:05:23

METAR

KMWA 16nm S	172045Z 00000KT 10SM BKN026 BKN050 28/23 A2984
KMVN 19nm N	172056Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP099 6//// T03000228 58015 PNO $
KMDH 20nm SW	172052Z 27003KT 10SM SCT046 30/22 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP096 T03000217 56020
KHSB 22nm SE	172055Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM VCTS SCT037 28/24 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T02810237
KENL 31nm N	172055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT032 30/22 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02990220

TAF

KMVN
19nm N

171720Z 1718/1818 VRB05KT P6SM VCTS SCT015CB BKN025 TEMPO 1718/1722 3SM TSRA BR BKN015CB FM180000 VRB03KT P6SM SCT035 BKN250 FM181500 21008KT P6SM SCT025

NOTAMs

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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

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Benton Municipal Airport

815-529-1207

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	100LL
SS		$5.15
Updated 09-May-2025

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SS=Self service

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