Cell towers in Des Plaines, Illinois
The FCC register lists 19 antenna structures in and around Des Plaines. That is the 30th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
19 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Des Plaines, IL.
Density works out to 1.33 registered structures per square mile of land area.
Median height here is 32 m (105 ft), compared with 63 m (206 ft) across Illinois as a whole.
The largest registered owner here is Salem Media of Massachusetts, LLC, which holds 4 of them — 21.1% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1964, the newest in 2022 — 58 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 6 | 32% |
| Monopole | 3 | 16% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 11% |
| Guyed tower array | 2 | 11% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 11% |
| Pole | 1 | 5% |
| Mast | 1 | 5% |
| Building with tower | 1 | 5% |
| Building with antenna | 1 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Salem Media of Massachusetts, LLC Broadcaster | 4 | 21% |
| Wisconsin Central Ltd. Other | 2 | 11% |
| Stc Two LLC Tower company | 2 | 11% |
| Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC Tower company | 2 | 11% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 11% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113 m (370 ft) | Tower | 1991 | Illinois, State of Dba = Illinois State Police | 112836 |
| 70 m (228 ft) | Guyed tower array | 1964 | Salem Media of Massachusetts, LLC | 113657 |
| 70 m (228 ft) | Guyed tower array | 1964 | Salem Media of Massachusetts, LLC | 113658 |
| 70 m (228 ft) | Guyed tower | 1981 | Salem Media of Massachusetts, LLC | 113659 |
| 70 m (228 ft) | Guyed tower | 1981 | Salem Media of Massachusetts, LLC | 113660 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Cook, County Of | 2629165 |
| 48 m (157 ft) | Building with tower | 1992 | Central Telephone Company of Illinois | 113699 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Lattice tower | 2022 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2721940 |
| 32 m (106 ft) | Pole | 1997 | Ccatt LLC | 2679856 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Stc Two LLC | 2609370 |
| 31 m (103 ft) | Mast | 1993 | American Towers LLC | 113704 |
| 31 m (102 ft) | Lattice tower | 1989 | American Towers LLC | 113725 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | Stc Two LLC | 2705234 |
| 29 m (96 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Nbc Universal, INC. | 2668417 |
| 27 m (87 ft) | Tower | 1991 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 113033 |
| 27 m (87 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 113035 |
| 21 m (69 ft) | Building with antenna | 2004 | T-mobile Central LLC | 2611201 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Wisconsin Central Ltd. | 2698428 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Wisconsin Central Ltd. | 2698453 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 2 | 11% |
| 1980s | 3 | 16% |
| 1990s | 6 | 32% |
| 2000s | 4 | 21% |
| 2010s | 3 | 16% |
| 2020s | 1 | 5% |
Nearby places
- Mount Prospect 8
- Rosemont 8
- Niles 7
- Prospect Heights 7
- Elk Grove Village 17
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.