Memphis Memorial
03D · Memphis, Missouri · Scotland County · map
Memphis Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Memphis, 3 miles southwest of Memphis, Missouri, 813 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,300 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 10 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 3,900 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 03D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Memphis
- Elevation
- 813 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,300 × 60 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Quincy and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.225 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,900, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Memphis from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Memphis, Missouri: 15 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided approach to each runway is maintained for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the transitional surface be maintained for a 7:1 slope.
- Radio controlled model planes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 oper dusk to 0100. To activate and incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport committee chairman.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.