Cell towers in Wheeling, Illinois
The FCC register lists 17 antenna structures in and around Wheeling. That is the 41st highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Wheeling, IL has 17 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 41st largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
Area density is 1.96 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
At a median of 27 m (90 ft), structures here run 56.4% shorter than the Illinois median of 63 m (206 ft).
Wisconsin Central Ltd. holds more registrations here than any other entity, at 3 of 17.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1967.
Structure types
| Tower | 6 | 35% |
| Pole | 6 | 35% |
| Monopole | 5 | 29% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Wisconsin Central Ltd. Other | 3 | 18% |
| Wheeling, Village Of Government | 2 | 12% |
| Stc Two LLC Tower company | 2 | 12% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 12% |
| Hardstar Properties LLC Other | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 m (160 ft) | Monopole | 2010 | Spectrasite Communications, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC. | 2673157 |
| 39 m (127 ft) | Pole | 2003 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2618054 |
| 38 m (126 ft) | Tower | 1967 | Hardstar Properties LLC | 597263 |
| 37 m (121 ft) | Tower | 1989 | American Towers LLC | 113730 |
| 32 m (106 ft) | Monopole | 1996 | American Towers LLC | 115060 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Pole | 1999 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2601772 |
| 31 m (102 ft) | Pole | 2010 | Chicago Smsa LP | 2674994 |
| 30 m (98 ft) | Pole | 1996 | Ccatt LLC | 123532 |
| 27 m (90 ft) | Pole | 2009 | Stc Two LLC | 2621179 |
| 24 m (78 ft) | Pole | 1998 | Stc Two LLC | 2621184 |
| 22 m (72 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Mutual Aid Box Alarm System -il | 2675692 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Wisconsin Central Ltd. | 2698450 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Wisconsin Central Ltd. | 2698451 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Wisconsin Central Ltd. | 2698452 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Wheeling, Village Of | 2632442 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 1981 | Wheeling, Village Of | 2599925 |
| 15 m (49 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Preferred Networks INC | 112656 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 6% |
| 1980s | 2 | 12% |
| 1990s | 5 | 29% |
| 2000s | 3 | 18% |
| 2010s | 6 | 35% |
Nearby places
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.