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Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport satellite view

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KPPQ ·

Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport

39.63890°N

-90.77840°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 71.4%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Pittsfield, IL, 62 mi west of Springfield. It features 1 runway measuring 4,000 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

5 kts

130°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KPPQ 102255Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 25/11 A3000 RMK AO2 T02450107

Runways

1 installed

4,000 FT MAX

13/31

4,000 ft × 60

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

75% of ops

15 land · 2 TO

25% of ops

5 land · 2 TO

Runway 13 carries 75% of operations (15 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 25%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

13 15 landings

UA 0%

31 5 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 15 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

0.9

flights/day · 26 total

Busy hour (local)

11pm

also 6pm · 9pm

Day vs night

54%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 9pm–11pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (0.4 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (26% of 19 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
AWOS	118.525	—
OTHER	126.225	—
QUINCY R	126.225	—
OTHER	317.775	—
QUINCY R	317.775	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZKC
Mag var:: 2° E
Fuel:: 100LL

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