FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 29 MARCH 2018
Location
FAA Identifier: | MQS |
Lat/Long: | 39-58-44.3000N / 075-51-55.7000W 39-58.738333N / 075-51.928333W 39.9789722 / -75.8654722 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 660.2 ft. / 201.2 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 11W (1990) |
From city: | 2 miles W of COATESVILLE, PA |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 19320 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 09/1937 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | NEW YORK CENTER |
FSS: | WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | IPT (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0600-2200 FOR SVC AFTER HRS CNT 610-384-9000 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | DUSK-DAWN. ACTVT HIRL RY 11/29 AND REIL RY 11/29 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.7 |
WX AWOS-3: | 126.25 (610-384-6132) |
PHILADELPHIA APPROACH: | 124.35 |
PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE: | 124.35 |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 125.6 |
WX AWOS-3 at OQN (13 nm E): | 121.4 (610-692-6190) |
- CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHILADELPHIA APCH TF 800-354-9884.
- MODENA RCO 122.1R 113.2T (WILLIAMSPORT RADIO)
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
MXEr301/9.7 | | MODENA VORTAC | | 113.20 | | 09W |
PTWr233/20.2 | | POTTSTOWN VORTAC | | 116.50 | | 09W |
LRPr122/21.3 | | LANCASTER VOR/DME | | 117.30 | | 09W |
DQOr337/21.6 | | DUPONT VORTAC | | 114.00 | | 10W |
OODr318/33.1 | | WOODSTOWN VORTAC | | 112.80 | | 10W |
PPMr034/33.8 | | PHILLIPS VOR/DME | | 108.40 | | 09W |
ETXr202/37.1 | | EAST TEXAS VOR/DME | | 110.20 | | 09W |
PNEr271/(39.8) | | NORTH PHILADELPHIA VOR | | 112.00 | | 10W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
AMBLER | | 264/28.1 | | 275 | | 12W | | ING | .. -. --. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Bulk oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Runway Information
Runway 11/29
Dimensions: | 5400 x 100 ft. / 1646 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 30.0 | Double wheel: | 48.0 |
|
Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 11 | | RUNWAY 29 |
Latitude: | 39-58.827377N | | 39-58.647960N |
Longitude: | 075-52.494212W | | 075-51.361928W |
Elevation: | 638.4 ft. | | 660.0 ft. |
Gradient: | 0.6% | | 0.6% |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 113 magnetic, 102 true | | 293 magnetic, 282 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on right (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Instrument approach: | | | ILS |
Obstructions: | 116 ft. tree, 3046 ft. from runway, 213 ft. left of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear | | none |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CHESTER CO ARPT AUTH 1 EARHART DR SUITE 2 COATESVILLE, PA 19320 Phone 610-383-6057 |
Manager: | GARY L HUDSON 1 EARHART DR SUITE 2 COATESVILLE, PA 19320 Phone 610-383-6057 CELL 484-880-2959 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 82 | Single engine airplanes: | | 57 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 10 | Jet airplanes: | | 15 |
| |  | |
Aircraft operations: avg 114/day * | 55% | transient general aviation | 38% | local general aviation | 6% | air taxi | <1% | military | * for 12-month period ending 14 April 2017 | |
Additional Remarks
- | MIGRATORY BIRDS & DEER ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | FOR CD CTC PHL APCH AT (800) 354-9884. |
- | NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN EFFECT, CTC FBO 610-384-9000. |
- | +164 FT WATER TWR 1343 FT FM RY 11 THR 1842 FT R MKD WITH STROBE LGT DALGT HRS; STD OBSTN LGT NGT HRS. |
- | HELICOPTER OPS INVOF ARPT SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF RY 11 THLD. |
- | HELICOPTER TRAFFIC REQUESTED TO LAND AND TKOF FM RY ONLY. HELICOPTER HOVER TAXIING, TKOFS, & LNDGS PROHIBITED FM TWY ALPHA. |
- | HOVER TAXI ALONG TXY ALPHA PROHIBITED. WHEEL TAXI ON TXY OR HOVER FM RY TO RAMP SIDE PARKING SPOT BY CROSSING PERPENDICULAR TO ALPHA. |
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 from 29 March 2018 at 0901Z to 26 April 2018 at 0900Z.
STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals |
BUNTS TWO | |
download (184KB) |
CEDAR LAKE NINE | |
download (175KB) |
DUPONT SIX | |
download (221KB) |
JIIMS THREE (RNAV) | |
download (317KB) |
PAATS THREE (RNAV) | |
download (322KB) |
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
ILS OR LOC RWY 29 | |
download (213KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (211KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 29 | |
download (252KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (23KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (149KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
N57 - New Garden Airport (10 nm SE)
KOQN - Brandywine Airport (13 nm E)
N47 - Pottstown Municipal Airport (19 nm NE)
KPTW - Heritage Field Airport (21 nm NE)
KLNS - Lancaster Airport (21 nm NW)
|
|

Road maps at:
MapQuest
Bing
Google
Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 07-Jun-2014
looking east.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Chester County G O Carlson Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
|
Sectional chart |
|
CAUTION: Diagram may not be current
Airport distance calculator |
|
Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 23-Apr-2018
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:46 | | 09:46 |
Sunrise | | 06:15 | | 10:15 |
Sunset | | 19:49 | | 23:49 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:17 | | 00:17 |
|
Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 23-Apr-2018 08:57:02 |
Local (UTC-4) | 23-Apr-2018 04:57:02 |
|
METAR |
KMQS | 230835Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/03 A3043 RMK AO2
|
|
TAF |
KLNS 22nm NW | 230525Z 2306/2406 VRB02KT P6SM SKC FM231600 14007KT P6SM SCT250
|
KILG 22nm SE | 230520Z 2306/2406 VRB03KT P6SM SCT250 FM231600 16010KT P6SM SKC FM240300 15005KT P6SM SCT250
|
KRDG 24nm N | 230520Z 2306/2406 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM231600 16008KT P6SM SKC FM240100 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
|
|
NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
|
|