Mesquite Metro Airport
HQZ · KHQZ · Mesquite, Texas · Dallas County · map
Mesquite Metro Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mesquite, 3 miles east of Mesquite, Texas, 446 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 186 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 114,072 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Mesquite Metro Airport?
Its FAA code is HQZ, and its ICAO code is KHQZ.
Where is Mesquite Metro Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Mesquite, Texas, 446 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mesquite Metro Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,000 feet long, concrete.
Does Mesquite Metro Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Mesquite Metro Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Are there flight schools at Mesquite Metro Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Karmel Flyers LLC and Runway Aviation Flight Training USA CORP. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mesquite Metro Airport?
32 pilot examiners and 38 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 Mesquite Metro Airport…
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 HQZ · ICAO KHQZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mesquite
- Elevation
- 446 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1976
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, runway lead-in lights, tree 40 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, runway lead-in lights, fence 8 ft high 230 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.3 | Mesquite |
| UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Ground | 118.85 | Mesquite |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Dallas Area Dp South; Runway 18 | 125.2 | Mesquite |
| Gregs and star · Herbz and star · Jfrye and star | 118.1 | Mesquite |
| Hqz and aWOS-3 | 118.175 | |
| Dallas Area Dp · Fingr and star · Nandr Rnav Dp North; Runway 36 | 124.3 | Mesquite |
| Eesat and star · Loads and star · Slant and star | 125.025 | Mesquite |
| Eesat and star · Fingr and star · Loads and star | 125.275 | Mesquite |
| Swvay and star | 135.975 | Mesquite |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 972-222-7631.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Garland/Dfw Heloplex Heliport (11 nm northwest), Ralph M Hall/Rockwall Municipal (12 nm northeast), Terrell Municipal (13 nm east).
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 Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Birds, coyotes, and wild hogs on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst and to activate rlls runway 18 and 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 15 feet brush 199 feet dstc, 490 feet L.
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
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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 | 155 |
| multi-engine | 21 |
| jets | 10 |
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 114,072, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 8 |
| air taxi and commuter | 613 |
| general aviation, travelling | 29,082 |
| general aviation, local | 84,273 |
| military | 96 |
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 Mesquite from the FAA register
61 aircraft are registered to owners in Mesquite, Texas: 54 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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 Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Karmel Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Sunnyvale, 4 miles away
- Runway Aviation Flight Training USA CORP 3 aircraft · Rockwall, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Mesquite:
- Barr Air Patrol LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
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
32 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 32 for private pilot, 32 for commercial and instrument, 23 for airline transport pilot, 28 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 27 for airplanes, 22 for multi-engine airplanes, 6 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 6 sport aviation examiners, 38 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 9 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 15 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 23 engineering representatives, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 105 training center evaluators, 151 aircrew program designees, 7 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jolynn Marie Davila private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wing Bird Aviation · Mesquite, TX (0 nm) · (817) 394-8182 · [email protected]
- Kenny James Seaman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mesquite Aviation · Mesquite, TX (0 nm) · (430) 306-4685 · [email protected]
- John Michael Hardin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · terrell, TX (13 nm) · (903) 253-2539 · [email protected]
- John Albert Gordy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Royse City, TX (16 nm) · (214) 402-3531 · [email protected]
- Martin Maxwell Cupp private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Coast Flight Training · Dallas, TX (17 nm) · (660) 247-0656 · [email protected]
- Bradley Frank Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Addison, TX (20 nm) · (903) 269-7006 · [email protected]
- Patrick Nicholas Arnzen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Addison, TX (20 nm) · (859) 496-5777 · [email protected]
- Robert Jennings Baldock private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Thrust Flight · Addison, TX (20 nm) · (575) 706-8470 · [email protected]
All 405 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- 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.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 25 since 1982, 5 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 Mesquite 61 aircraft · 54 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Barr Air Patrol LLC 47 aircraft in town
- Barr Air Patrol LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Karmel Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Runway Aviation Flight Training USA CORP 3 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 25 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,056 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HQZ.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.