Thayer Memorial
42M · Thayer, Missouri · Oregon County · map
Thayer Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Thayer, 2 miles west of Thayer, Missouri, 808 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,200 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 42M
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Thayer
- Elevation
- 808 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,200 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 09: trees 57 ft high 225 ft from the end
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 31 ft high 235 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Thayer from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Thayer, Missouri: 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 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
- Rotating beacon out of service indefinitely.
- Wild animals on runway at early and late hours.
- To activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 key 122.9 5 times.
- Runway 09/27 non-standard low-intensity runway lights; runway edge and thld lights placed 15 feet off edges of pavement.
- +1-15 feet brush 0-10 feet from runway end 75 feet L, +1-3 feet gnd 50-95 feet from runway end 40-125 feet R.
- Runway 27 +1 feet fence 20 feet from runway end L/R; 1-21 feet fence and brush 65-80 feet from runway end L/R.
- Ntsd runway safety areas beyond each runway end and along runway edges; runway 09 end incorrect terrain gradients and brush; runway 27 end brush, trees, fence and posts. Tall brush along pavement edges.
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.