Cell towers in Rantoul, Illinois
The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around Rantoul. That is the 47th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Rantoul, IL has 16 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 47th largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
The 16 structures here sit at 1.88 per square mile of land.
At a median of 42 m (139 ft), structures here run 32.5% shorter than the Illinois median of 63 m (206 ft).
The mix here is 2 monopoles, 1 guyed mast — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1968, the newest in 2021 — 53 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 7 | 44% |
| Not specified | 2 | 13% |
| Tower array | 2 | 13% |
| Pole | 2 | 13% |
| Monopole | 2 | 13% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 6% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| East Central Illinois Broadcasting INC Broadcaster | 2 | 13% |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company Railroad | 2 | 13% |
| Area Dispolsal Service, INC. Other | 1 | 6% |
| Hornsby, Stan Other | 1 | 6% |
| Illinois Land Trust #95108 & #44-0523-70 Other | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 m (310 ft) | Tower array | 1991 | East Central Illinois Broadcasting INC | 118914 |
| 91 m (300 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 2605008 |
| 69 m (226 ft) | Guyed tower | 1989 | Cti Towers, INC. | 597942 |
| 52 m (170 ft) | Tower | 1968 | Illinois Land Trust #95108 & #44-0523-70 | 113893 |
| 49 m (161 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Champaign Tower Holdings LLC | 119262 |
| 47 m (156 ft) | Tower array | 1991 | East Central Illinois Broadcasting INC | 118913 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Roessler Construction CO | 618855 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Warner Brothers Farms | 2636364 |
| 42 m (138 ft) | Pole | 2004 | Ccatt LLC | 2644923 |
| 38 m (125 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Rantoul, Village Of | 2633696 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Not specified | 2021 | Prominic.net, INC. | 2676114 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Pole | 2014 | Area Dispolsal Service, INC. | 2688865 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Not specified | 1981 | Ameren Illinois Company | 625408 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Illinois Central Railroad Company | 2697943 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Illinois Central Railroad Company | 2697953 |
| 18 m (59 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Hornsby, Stan | 619014 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 6% |
| 1980s | 2 | 13% |
| 1990s | 6 | 38% |
| 2000s | 3 | 19% |
| 2010s | 3 | 19% |
| 2020s | 1 | 6% |
Nearby places
- Paxton 13
- Urbana 23
- Champaign 30
- Gibson City 6
- Tolono 6
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.