Monroe County
M40 · Aberdeen/Amory, Mississippi · Monroe County · map
Monroe County is a public-use airport owned by Monroe County, 4 miles northeast of Aberdeen/Amory, Mississippi, 226 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,999 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M40
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Monroe County
- Elevation
- 226 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,999 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 37 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.075 | |
| M40 and aWOS-3P | 118.475 | |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 662-369-3498.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Aberdeen/Amory from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Aberdeen/Amory, MS as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 18 and 36 operates continuously.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- Rubel west, board president.
- 24 hour with credit card.
- Unusable beyond 9 degreess R of centerline.
- Courtesy car available.
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.