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.
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
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1975
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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 |
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.