Jackson Municipal
MJQ · KMJQ · Jackson, Minnesota · Jackson County · map
Jackson Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Jackson, 2 miles north of Jackson, Minnesota, 1,446 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 4,145 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMJQ · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 29.82 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 KMJQ 062115Z AUTO 31009KT 10SM CLR 29/05 A2982 RMK AO2
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 MJQ · ICAO KMJQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Jackson
- Elevation
- 1,446 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 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
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,145 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 2,282 × 300 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 541 ft, 3,600 ft available for landing
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 541 ft, 3,600 ft available for landing
- Runway 22: crops 7 ft high 46 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mjq and aWOS-3 | 118.1 | |
| Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Fairmont and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 507-847-5810.
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 Jackson from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Minnesota: 5 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 drone. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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 or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset low intst.
- Fuel available H24 via credit card.
- Closed winter months.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Runway 14 PAPI unusable beyond 6 degreess left of crs.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and flight services
- Access code to a/D building is the common traffic frequency frequency.
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.