Mississippi County Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Mississippi County Commission | ||||||||||
| Serves | Charleston, Missouri | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 313 ft / 95 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°50′32″N 089°21′35″W / 36.84222°N 89.35972°W | ||||||||||
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  CHQ Location of airport in Missouri  CHQ CHQ (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Mississippi County Airport (ICAO: KCHQ, FAA LID: CHQ) is a public use airport in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. It is owned by the Mississippi County Commission and located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Charleston, Missouri.[1]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CHQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA,[2] (which assigned CHQ to Chania International Airport serving Chania, Greece).[3][4]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Mississippi County Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 313 feet (95 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,196 by 60 feet (974 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, the airport had 1,215 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per month: 99% general aviation and 1% military.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for CHQ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "Mississippi County Airport, Missouri (ICAO: KCHQ, FAA: CHQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
- ^ "Chania Airport, Greece (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 22, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Mississippi County Airport at Missouri DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of March 1996 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CHQ, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for CHQ
- AirNav airport information for CHQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for CHQ