Steele Airport
24MU · Fairfax, Missouri · Atchison County · map
Steele Airport is a private airport, 3 miles northwest of Fairfax, Missouri, 1,077 feet above sea level. Its one runway, NW/SE, is 1,500 feet of grass.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 24MU
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,077 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 1,500 × 50 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Fairfax from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairfax, Missouri: 2 piston singles, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided approach to each runway is maintd for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and transitional surface maintd for a 7:1 slope.
- Wires north
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.