Mississippi County
CHQ · KCHQ · Charleston, Missouri · Mississippi County · map
Mississippi County is a public-use airport owned by Mississippi County Commission, 4 miles south of Charleston, Missouri, 313 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,196 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Mississippi County?
Its FAA code is CHQ, and its ICAO code is KCHQ.
Where is Mississippi County?
It is 4 miles south of Charleston, Missouri, 313 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mississippi County?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,196 feet long, asphalt.
Does Mississippi County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mississippi County?
2 pilot examiners and 6 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Mississippi County…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CHQ · ICAO KCHQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mississippi County Commission
- Elevation
- 313 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,196 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Paducah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Sikeston Memorial Municipal (10 nm west), Cape Girardeau Regional (25 nm northwest), Dexter Municipal (28 nm west), Barkley Regional (31 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sikeston Memorial Municipal (10 nm west), Cairo Regional (15 nm northeast), County Memorial (22 nm southwest), Cape Girardeau Regional (25 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Missouri · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Ultralight and crop dusting aircraft on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights non-standard runway 18/36 preset med intst; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 18 and 36 on continuously.
- Runway 18/36 incorrect number of thld lights each runway end.
- Small tree 10 feet tall 141 feet from runway 18 thld, 90 feet right
- Out of service indef
- Out of service indef
- Runway 18 markings faded.
- Runway 36 markings faded.
- Out of service indefinitely
- Out of service indef
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Charleston from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Charleston, Missouri: 4 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 2 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 6 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Stephen Paul Colson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Midwest Aviation Services, Inc. · Mayfield, KY (38 nm) · (618) 203-0430 · [email protected]
- kevin Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Poplar Bluff Airport Terminal · Poplar Bluff, MO (47 nm) · (573) 872-9041 · [email protected]
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Charleston 9 aircraft · 4 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 2 piston singles
- Thompson Flying Service LLC 6 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Missouri 1,637 since 1982 · 216 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Missouri 124 landing places
- Missouri 5,813 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CHQ.json.
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 27, 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.