Coles County Memorial
MTO · KMTO · Mattoon/Charleston, Illinois · Coles County · map
Coles County Memorial is a public-use airport owned by Coles County Airport Authority, 4 miles east of Mattoon/Charleston, Illinois, 722 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 6,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMTO · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 42°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KMTO 061853Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM CLR 24/06 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02390056
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 MTO · ICAO KMTO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Coles County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 722 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, M to F, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; November to March, M to F, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1951
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 6,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 5,799 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 1,098 × 250 ft | Grass |
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 29: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 56 ft high 2,592 ft from the end
- Runway 06: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 52 ft high 2,139 ft from the end
- Runway 24: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.85 | |
| Mto and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.475 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 217-234-8442.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Mattoon/Charleston from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Mattoon/Charleston, IL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 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.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 29; runway end identifier lights runway 06, 11 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 and incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 18/36 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.
- Corner stone markers; length and width.
- Airport surface condition not monitored between 2300Z-1300Z.
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.