Chatham Municipal
CQX · KCQX · Chatham, Massachusetts · Barnstable County · map
Chatham Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Chatham, 2 miles northwest of Chatham, Massachusetts, 64 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 3,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KCQX · observed 5:52 pm EDT (21:52 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 55°F (13°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCQX 062152Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/04 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP154 T01280039
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CQX · ICAO KCQX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Chatham
- Elevation
- 64 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 120 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the right, tank 232 ft high 3,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.3 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.2 | |
| Cqx and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.875 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 508-945-5034.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Chatham from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Chatham, Massachusetts: 11 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter. 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 Massachusetts.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 4 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
- Established prior to 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - 122.95.
- Be aware of HIGH-SPD military jet and hvy helicopter traffic vicinity cape cod cgas.
- Birds primly gulls and wildlife on or in the vicinity of airport.
- Recommended minimum altitude of 2000 feet above ground level from northeast to southeast of airport over natl seashore.
- Water landing area closed permanently.
- Noise abatement runway 6/24. Use full runway and avoid intersection departures. Minimize /AVOID tgl operations. Climb out on runway hdg until 1100 feet ovr water then procd on crs. Reduce pwr as soon as practical. Required quiet hours 10:00 pm to 7:00 am local. Landing fee appl aircraft >6,000 pounds mtow or comm operations.
- Runway 6/24, fly pattern downwind leg 1/2 to 1 mile out from runway as practicable.
- Avoid residential areas as much as psbl.
- Check NOTAMs for tree obs on approach areas to runways 06 and 24.
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.