Clarke County
23M · Quitman, Mississippi · Clarke County · map
Clarke County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Quitman Clarke CO, 3 miles north of Quitman, Mississippi, 321 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,295 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 23M
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Quitman Clarke CO
- Elevation
- 321 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,295 × 59 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 47 ft high 1,215 ft from the end
- Runway 34: trees 51 ft high 1,250 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Quitman from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Quitman, Mississippi: 4 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- Gnd drops abruptly 240 feet from runway 34 threshold.
- Lights operates DUSK-2200. Aft 2200 activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- 24 hour self service fuel available with credit card.
- Gnd drops abruptly 250 feet from runway 16 threshold.
- Ultralight actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.