Mccharen Field
M83 · West Point, Mississippi · Clay County · map
Mccharen Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of West Point, 2 miles south of West Point, Mississippi, 205 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,850 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M83
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of West Point
- Elevation
- 205 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,850 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 390 ft, tree 47 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 36: road 11 ft high 900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.6 | |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
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 West Point from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in West Point, Mississippi: 9 piston singles, 2 turboprops. 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 Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Courtesy car available.
- DUSK-2200. Aft 2200, activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots must provide their own tiedown ropes.
- Fuel service available 24 hour with credit card.
- Railroad 50 feet from runway end.
- 4 feet fence 200 feet from end of runway.
- Approach ratio 24:1 from dthr.
- Trees.
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.