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H96 Benton Municipal Airport
Benton, Illinois, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 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
ENLr153/26.9CENTRALIA VORTAC115.0004E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
JONNY009/10.338201EMW -- .--
WAYNE COUNTY229/33.325701WFWC ..-. .-- -.-.

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: 38-00.840073N38-00.180805N
Longitude: 088-56.071950W088-56.061308W
Elevation: 439.1 ft.444.1 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 181 magnetic, 179 true001 magnetic, 359 true
Markings: nonprecision, in poor conditionnonprecision, in poor condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.33 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none68 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 10 July 2025 at 0901Z to 07 August 2025 at 0900z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18   download (231KB)
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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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of H96 (Benton Municipal Airport)
Photo by LD Pahnke
Photo taken 08-May-2011
looking southeast from 3500'.

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Jul-2025
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:1210:12
Sunrise05:4310:43
Sunset20:1901:19
Evening civil twilight20:5001:50

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Jul-2025 19:55:05
Local (UTC-5)  10-Jul-2025 14:55:05
 
METAR
KMWA 
16nm S 
101845Z 23004KT 10SM BKN045 32/19 A2999
KMVN 
19nm N 
101856Z AUTO VRB04KT 8SM FEW050 SCT075 33/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 T03280206 $
KMDH 
20nm SW 
101852Z 22004KT 10SM BKN060 BKN075 31/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP148 T03110206
KHSB 
22nm SE 
101935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT060 32/18 A2998 RMK AO2 T03220182
KENL 
31nm N 
101935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT055 32/19 A2997 RMK AO2 T03240188
TAF
KMVN 
19nm N 
101720Z 1018/1118 VRB04KT P6SM SCT040 FM110000 VRB02KT P6SM SKC FM111400 21007KT P6SM FEW040
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Benton Municipal Airport 815-529-1207
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100LL
SS $5.15 
 Updated 27-Jun-2025
 
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SS=Self service
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