Southern Illinois Airport
MDH · KMDH · Carbondale/Murphysboro, Illinois · Jackson County · map
Southern Illinois Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Carbondale/Murphysboro, Illinois, 411 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 18L/36R, is 6,506 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMDH · observed 2:52 pm CDT (19:52 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMDH 061952Z 20005KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02560078
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MDH · ICAO KMDH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 411 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1950
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18L/36R | 6,506 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 4,163 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18R/36L | 3,498 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18L: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 06: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 18R: pulsating on the left
- Runway 36L: pulsating on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.35 | Southern |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.725 | Southern |
| Ground | 121.8 | Southern |
| Tower (secondary) | 126.25 | Southern |
| Marion and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.475 | Southern |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 618-529-1821.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Carbondale/Murphysboro from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Carbondale/Murphysboro, IL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Rstrd to aircraft 12500 pounds or less unless prior permission required with the control tower.
- Runway 06/24 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 18R/36L 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.
- Unusable beyond 6 degrees right of course. Pvasi out of service indef.
- 39 feet marked power line 1872 feet from runway 192 feet L of centerline. Approach ratio 42:1.
- High student training actvty.
- Runway 6 and runway 18R-36L intersect; verify correct compass hdg for runway 6 departure.
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.