Rosecrans Memorial
STJ · KSTJ · St Joseph, Missouri · Buchanan County · map
Rosecrans Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of St Joseph, 3 miles northwest of St Joseph, Missouri, 826 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 8,061 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 62 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 22,749 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Rosecrans Memorial?
Its FAA code is STJ, and its ICAO code is KSTJ.
Where is Rosecrans Memorial?
It is 3 miles northwest of St Joseph, Missouri, 826 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Rosecrans Memorial?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 8,061 feet long.
Does Rosecrans Memorial have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Rosecrans Memorial?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Rosecrans Memorial?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Fly Tech Aviation Academy LLC and Trailwinds Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Rosecrans Memorial?
7 pilot examiners and 8 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA STJ · ICAO KSTJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of St Joseph
- Elevation
- 826 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · wed-thu 8:00 am to 12:00 am, fri-tue 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, ot by notam
- Attended
- Friday to Tuesday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Wednesday to Thursday, 8:00 am to 12:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,061 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,797 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 35: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.9 | Saint Joseph |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Stj and automated weather (ASOS) | 125.05 | Saint Joseph |
| Ground | 121.9 | Saint Joseph |
| Approach and departure | 120.35 | Saint Joseph |
| Approach and departure | 124.7 | Saint Joseph |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Saint Joseph |
| Braymer and star · Jhawk and star · Tyger and star | 120.95 | Saint Joseph |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 816-233-0666.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Amelia Earhart Airport (17 nm southwest), Sherman Army Airfield (24 nm south), Kansas City International (30 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 Missouri · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- For advy and position information call stj the control tower or montr the control tower frequency when closed.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset on low intst; to incr intst; activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and runway end identifier lights runways 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 13/31 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Runway 13/31 has assault strip panels that are cerise and orange in color.
- Center 130 feet grooved.
- Airport closed to aircraft ovr 350000 pounds except prior permission required.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) available by ang.
- High migratory bird activity oct through mar on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Caution: afld sur by lakes and Missouri river. Moderate small bird act MID-NOV through MID-MAR and may through aug and increased bird activity MID-MAR through apr and sep through MID-NOV. ints ang tactical training within airport traffic area.
- Fuel - a++ (military).
- Airfield conditions are not monitored between the hours of 1600L-0700L
- Ang: moderate small bird act possible sunrise to sunset. Bash II period (1 OCT-15 apr). Military aircraft see AP/1 entry for detailed bash information.
- Taxiway B between runway 17/35 and runway 13/31 closed
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 | 42 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 10 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 22,749, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 10 |
| air taxi and commuter | 59 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,782 |
| general aviation, local | 5,596 |
| military | 7,302 |
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 St Joseph from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in St Joseph, Missouri: 1 piston single, 1 helicopter, 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Missouri.
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:
- Fly Tech Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Joseph, 5 miles away FlyTech Pilot Academy is a Part 61 flight school based at Rosecrans Memorial Airport in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
- Trailwinds Flying Club 1 aircraft · Savannah, 12 miles away
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
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 8 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 aircrew program designee, 1 training center examiner.
- Mark Alan Gaines private pilot, sport pilot, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Rosecrans Memorial Airport · St. Joseph, MO (3 nm) · (816) 808-4429 · [email protected]
- Andrew Waterland private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smithville, MO (28 nm) · (816) 510-1859 · [email protected]
- Brian Andrew Park private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kansas City, MO (30 nm) · (816) 507-9103 · [email protected]
- James Harlan Rainen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kansas City, MO (30 nm) · (816) 739-9772 · [email protected]
- Joshua Turner Hay 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 · Atlantic Aviation · Kansas City, MO (30 nm) · (816) 510-5950 · [email protected]
- Todd Eric Nichols private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Kansas City, MO (30 nm) · (816) 694-0958 · [email protected]
- Richard R Veach private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Liberty, MO (36 nm) · (816) 668-2594 · [email protected]
All 23 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-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.
- 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 · 9 since 1982, 1 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 St Joseph 3 aircraft · 1 piston singles, 1 helicopters, 1 business jets
- Fly Tech Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Trailwinds Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Missouri 1,637 since 1982 · 218 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Missouri 124 landing places
- Missouri 5,820 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/STJ.json.
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 21, 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.