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) and about 39 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 22,100 takeoffs and landings a year. About 302 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Chatham Municipal?
Its FAA code is CQX, and its ICAO code is KCQX.
Where is Chatham Municipal?
It is 2 miles northwest of Chatham, Massachusetts, 64 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Chatham Municipal?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 3,001 feet long, asphalt.
Does Chatham Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chatham Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Chatham Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Cape Aerial Tours DBA. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chatham Municipal?
6 pilot examiners and 4 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 Chatham Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Cape Cod Gateway Airport (13 nm west), Provincetown Municipal (25 nm northwest), Nantucket Memorial (26 nm south).
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 Massachusetts · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 32 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 22,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 700 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,300 |
| general aviation, local | 14,000 |
| military | 100 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Massachusetts.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Chatham, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Cape Aerial Tours DBA 3 aircraft · Chatham Stick'n Rudder operates a flight school, sightseeing tour service, and aircraft maintenance facility at Chatham Municipal Airport (CQX) in Massachusetts.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Yoshitaka Murata private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Centerville, MA (16 nm) · (407) 885-0658 · [email protected]
- Michael George Goulian private pilot; airplanes · Plymouth,, MA (31 nm) · (617) 510-9328 · [email protected]
- Alexander Crosett private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (978) 807-7553 · [email protected]
- Derek Gerard Sunnerberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (508) 209-4715 · [email protected]
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Stephen Oakman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Middleborough, MA (41 nm) · (617) 755-4863 · [email protected]
All 20 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 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. 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 Chatham 13 aircraft · 11 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 helicopters
- Cape Aerial Tours DBA 3 aircraft in town
- Stone Horse Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Cape Aerial Tours DBA 3 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Massachusetts 987 since 1982 · 91 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Massachusetts 38 landing places
- Massachusetts 2,649 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CQX.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.