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KCHQ Mississippi County Airport
Charleston, Missouri, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 JUNE 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: CHQ
Lat/Long: 36-50-31.6940N / 089-21-34.7680W
36-50.528233N / 089-21.579467W
36.8421372 / -89.3596578
(estimated)
Elevation: 313 ft. / 95.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02W (2015)
From city: 4 miles S of CHARLESTON, MO
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 63845

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1975
Sectional chart: ST LOUIS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MEMPHIS CENTER
FSS: SAINT LOUIS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: STL (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: IREG
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: MIRL RY 18/36 PRESET ON MED INTST; TO INCR INTST - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
DUSK-DAWN. BCN OTS INDEFLY.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at SIK (10 nm W): 119.175 (573-471-7371)
WX AWOS-3 at CIR (15 nm NE): 118.025 (618-734-9173)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 133.65/292.15 (PADUCAH RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CGIr158/25.3CAPE GIRARDEAU VOR/DME112.9002W
CNGr245/27.0CUNNINGHAM VORTAC113.1003E
MAWr054/31.6MALDEN VORTAC111.2003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CHARLESTONat field20802WCHQ -.-. .... --.-
CAIRO206/14.739700ECIR -.-. .. .-.
BELLGRADE241/37.725400EBDD -... -.. -..
MAYFIELD284/38.040100EGGK --. --. -.-

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3196 x 60 ft. / 974 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt/aggregate friction seal coat, in poor condition
NUMEROUS CRACKS WITH +1-2 FT TALL WEEDS ON ALL EDGES OF RWY PVMNT.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: non-standard
RWY 18/36 NSTD MIRL; 6 THLD LGTS RY 36; THLD LIGHTS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO RWY ENDS; NO YELLOW EDGE LGTS LAST 1600 FT RY 36.
Runway edge markings: MARKINGS FADING.
NSTD NPI MARKINGS; INCORRECT SPACING OF MARKINGS.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 36-50.792250N36-50.265583N
Longitude: 089-21.578050W089-21.579883W
Elevation: 313.0 ft.313.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 182 magnetic, 180 true002 magnetic, 360 true
Markings: NSTD, in poor conditionNSTD, in poor condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
VASI OTS INDEFLY.
2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
VASI OTS INDEFLY.
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 15 ft. road, 510 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear26 ft. tree, 1048 ft. from runway, 346 ft. right of centerline, 32:1 slope to clear
RWY 36; +1-3 FT CROPS, 0-200 FT FM RWY END, L & R.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: MISSISSIPPI COUNTY COMMISSION
PO BOX 369
CHARLESTON, MO 63834
Phone 573-683-2146
Manager: MISSISSIPPI COUNTY COMMISSION
PO BOX 369
CHARLESTON, MO 63834
Phone 573-683-2146

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 4
Single engine airplanes: 4
    
Aircraft operations: avg 23/week *
74% local general aviation
25% transient general aviation
1% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2011

Additional Remarks

ULTRALIGHT & CROP DUSTING ACFT ON & INVOF ARPT.
CROPS WITHIN RY PRIMARY SURFACE & RY SAFETY AREA AT RY 36 END.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 25 July 2013 at 0901Z and 22 August 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
NDB RWY 36 **NEW**   download (178KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KSIK - Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport (10 nm W)
KCIR - Cairo Regional Airport (15 nm NE)
KEIW - County Memorial Airport (22 nm SW)
KCGI - Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (25 nm NW)
KDXE - Dexter Municipal Airport (28 nm W)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Aug-2013
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4610:46
Sunrise06:1411:14
Sunset19:5100:51
Evening civil twilight20:1801:18

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Aug-2013 10:09:21
Local (UTC-5)  13-Aug-2013 05:09:21
 
METAR
KCIR 
15nm NE 
130955Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 22/21 A2994 RMK AO2 T02220210
KCGI 
26nm NW 
130953Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 21/20 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02060200
TAF
KCGI 
26nm NW 
130520Z 1306/1406 34003KT P6SM FEW005 BKN090 FM131300 02008KT P6SM SCT050
KPAH 
31nm NE 
130639Z 1307/1406 28004KT P6SM FEW005 BKN025 TEMPO 1307/1309 BKN015 FM130900 34005KT P6SM BKN090 FM131400 01009KT P6SM SCT050
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Hotels near Mississippi County Airport

Miles Price ($)
QUALITY INN CHARLESTON 4.4 93-94
ECONO LODGE CHARLESTON 5.7 65-70

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7 in Sikeston
 

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