Altus/Quartz Mountain Regional
AXS · KAXS · Altus, Oklahoma · Jackson County · map
Altus/Quartz Mountain Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Altus, 3 miles north of Altus, Oklahoma, 1,433 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,501 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AXS · ICAO KAXS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Altus
- Elevation
- 1,433 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1942
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,501 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.1 | |
| Axs and aWOS-3PT | 118.825 | |
| CLINTON-SHERMAN and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.4 | |
| Wichita Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 580-477-1745.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Altus from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Altus, Oklahoma: 19 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 Oklahoma.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 3 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
- Activate odals runway 17; runway end identifier lights runway 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 and 35 on continuously.
- Do not mistake airport for Altus afb 4 MI southeast.
- Military jet, agricultural and ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 320 feet tower 2.6 MI south.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.