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6IL9 Geldean Airport
Walnut, Illinois, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 6IL9
Lat/Long: 41-30-50.3830N 089-37-51.7880W
41-30.839717N 089-37.863133W
41.5139953,-89.6310522
(estimated)
Elevation: 745 ft. / 227 m (estimated)
From city: 2 miles SW of WALNUT, IL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 61376

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 08/2012
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: KANKAKEE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3PT at SQI (14 nm N): 119.175 (815-626-2704)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CVAr103/40.0DAVENPORT VORTAC113.8004E

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 14/32

Dimensions: 1600 x 100 ft. / 488 x 30 m
Surface: turf, in fair condition
Operational restrictions: RY 14/32 HAS 600 FT SAFETY AREA ON SE END.
RUNWAY 14  RUNWAY 32
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: no600 ft.
Obstructions: 28 ft. trees, 775 ft. from runway
40 FT TREES 400 FT NORTH OF LNDG AREA; 25 FT BLDG 100 FT EAST OF LNDG AREA; 33 FT PLINE 265 FT SOUTH OF LNDG AREA; 30 FT BLDG 175 FT EAST OF LNDG AREA; 19 FT ROAD 225 FT SOUTH OF LNDG AREA.		none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: KURT GELDEAN
25069 1200 EAST ST
WALNUT, IL 61376
Phone 815-716-0694
Manager: KURT GELDEAN
25069 1200 EAST ST
WALNUT, IL 61376
Phone 815-716-0707

Additional Remarks

- FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 6IL9.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KSQI - Whiteside County Airport/Jos H Bittorf Field (14 nm N)
C73 - Dixon Municipal Airport-Charles R. Walgreen Field (21 nm NE)
KVYS - Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field (24 nm SE)
KEZI - Kewanee Municipal Airport (24 nm SW)
C75 - Marshall County Airport (32 nm S)
  
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of 6IL9 (Geldean Airport)
Photo taken 31-May-2014
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From to 6IL9

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4312:43
Sunrise07:1413:14
Sunset16:2822:28
Evening civil twilight16:5922:59

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Dec-2025 21:47:03
Local (UTC-6)  09-Dec-2025 15:47:03
 
METAR
KSQI 
14nm N 		092056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 02/M01 A2962 RMK AO2 SLP038 P0002 60014 T00171006 56034 FZRANO $
KVYS 
24nm SE 		092135Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM SCT070 OVC090 03/00 A2963 RMK AO2 T00280000 TSNO
TAF
KMLI 
40nm W 		091743Z 0918/1018 20008KT P6SM BKN250 FM100000 19012KT P6SM OVC070 WS020/25050KT FM100200 24019G26KT P6SM BKN040 WS020/26050KT PROB30 1006/1007 P6SM -RA OVC050 FM100800 28025G40KT P6SM BKN015 OVC020 WS020/26050KT FM101100 30024G38KT 3SM -SN OVC015 FM101500 32018G28KT P6SM OVC015
KRFD 
48nm NE 		092007Z 0920/1018 22010KT 6SM BR SCT015 OVC100 PROB30 0923/1001 3SM -PLSN SCT010 BKN060 FM100100 22016G27KT 5SM -RA BR OVC010 FM100500 26020G32KT P6SM SCT015 BKN025 FM101000 28021G35KT P6SM VCSH SCT015 BKN035 TEMPO 1011/1014 1SM -SHSN BR BKN009 FM101400 33020G32KT P6SM BKN015
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