Dexter Municipal
DXE · KDXE · Dexter, Missouri · Stoddard County · map
Dexter Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Dexter, 2 miles southeast of Dexter, Missouri, 304 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 22 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 8,810 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DXE · ICAO KDXE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Dexter
- Elevation
- 304 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- IREG, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 84 ft high 2,300 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | · UNICOM unmon. |
| Paducah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,810, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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Aircraft registered in Dexter from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Dexter, Missouri: 10 piston singles, 4 drones, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Provided the approach to each runway is maintained for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the transitional surface be maintained for a 7:1 slope.
- Crop dusting aircraft on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- UNICOM unmon.
- 24-HR SELF-SERVICE credit card for fuel.
- 24-HR SELF-SERVICE credit card for fuel
- Model airplane activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.