Telfair-Wheeler Airport
MQW · KMQW · Mc Rae, Georgia · Wheeler County · map
Telfair-Wheeler Airport is a public-use airport owned by Telfair-Wheeler Airport Auth, 3 miles northeast of Mc Rae, Georgia, 202 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 13 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KMQW · observed 7:55 pm EDT (23:55 UTC), 14 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,700 feet
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KMQW 062355Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM OVC027 22/18 A2999 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 MQW · ICAO KMQW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Telfair-Wheeler Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 202 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unatnnd
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 53 ft high 677 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 66 ft high 926 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Mqw and aWOS-3PT | 120.000 | |
| Alma and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 229-868-7472.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Mc Rae from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Mc Rae, Georgia: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 Georgia.
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 21; PAPI runways 03 and 21, medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic 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.