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]
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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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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
editMississippi 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
editReferences
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