Airports / Illinois / MTO
Coles County Memorial Airport
KMTO / MTOMattoon, IllinoisELEV 722 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#14 / 42
Illinois airports by Google rating
4.6★ across 52 Google ratings — ranked against 42 rated IL fields.
34 nm
To the nearest alternate
University of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Coles County Memorial Airport, listed as KMTO / MTO, is a general aviation field in Mattoon, Illinois. The airport sits 722 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into MTO for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are University of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI, 34 nm), Decatur Airport (DEC, 35 nm), and Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman Field (HUF, 45 nm).
Charter pricing from MTO depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Charleston. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Mattoon.
What fliers highlight
Staff & service
5/5 reviews“Nice staff in the kitchen.”
Dave Ballinger (Cliff Clifford)5★ on Google
Terminal & facilities
2/5 reviews“Overall, to the outside observer, seems to be a well kept and clean small airport.”
Dave Ballinger (Cliff Clifford)5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Coles County Memorial Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KMTO
IATA
MTO
FAA / Local
MTO
Elevation
722 ft
Coordinates
39.4779° N · 88.2792° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs IL fields
state range 321–871 ft
At 722 ft, MTO sits higher than 76% of the 42 Illinois fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 34nmCMIUniversity of Illinois Willard AirportSavoy
- 35nmDECDecatur AirportDecatur
- 45nmHUFTerre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman FieldTerre Haute
- 67nmBMICentral Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-NormalBloomington/Normal
- 68nmSPIAbraham Lincoln Capital AirportSpringfield
- 80nmBMGMonroe County AirportBloomington
Location
Open the full mapKMTO · Coles County Memorial Airport · Mattoon, IL
From the ramp
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