Macomb Municipal
MQB · KMQB · Macomb, Illinois · Mc Donough County · map
Macomb Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Macomb Arpt Authority, 3 miles north of Macomb, Illinois, 706 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMQB · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 10 knots, gusting to 16
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 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 KMQB 062115Z AUTO 21010G16KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A2996 RMK AO2 T02600087
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 MQB · ICAO KMQB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Macomb Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 706 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm; unattended
- 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,719 × 190 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mqb and aWOS-3 | 119.025 | |
| Burlington and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 309-837-4022.
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 Macomb from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Macomb, Illinois: 12 piston singles, 4 balloons, 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 Illinois.
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
- High-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27, and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Grass width 200 feet south of intersection with runway 09/27.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline.
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.