Mexico Memorial
MYJ · KMYJ · Mexico, Missouri · Audrain County · map
Mexico Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mexico, 3 miles east of Mexico, Missouri, 823 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 5,501 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)) and about 24 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 17,208 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KMYJ · observed 6:15 pm CDT (23:15 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°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 KMYJ 062315Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A2996 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 MYJ · ICAO KMYJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mexico
- Elevation
- 823 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 3:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,501 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,200 × 50 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: threshold displaced 200 ft
- Runway 24: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), threshold displaced 371 ft, trees 59 ft high 1,770 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.375 | |
| Myj and aWOS-3PT | 120.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 573-581-7868.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,208, 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 Mexico from the FAA register
43 aircraft are registered to owners in Mexico, Missouri: 33 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 4 drones, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Crop dusting aircraft on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate mals runway 24; runway end identifier lights runway 18; PAPI runway 24 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 18/36 sunset to sunrise low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 24 36:1 based on displaced threshold.
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.