Quonset State Airport
OQU · KOQU · North Kingstown, Rhode Island · Washington County · map
Quonset State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Rhode Island Airport CORP, 3 miles northeast of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, 18 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 21 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 17,848 takeoffs and landings a year. About 65 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOQU · observed 4:50 pm EDT (20:50 UTC), 164 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 11 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 32°F (0°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 KOQU 062050Z 30011G17KT 10SM CLR 16/00 A2999
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 OQU · ICAO KOQU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rhode Island Airport CORP
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · mon-fri 8:00 am to 11:00 pm; sat-sun 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; closed holidays.
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1947
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 7,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Asphalt | |
| H2 | 45 × 45 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 16: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 45 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 12 ft high 360 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.35 | Quonset |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.6 | Quonset |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 134.5 | Quonset |
| Approach and departure · Wipor and star | 123.675 | Quonset |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Quonset |
| Woodstock and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 | Quonset |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 401-294-2197.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,848, 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 North Kingstown from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in North Kingstown, Rhode Island: 9 piston singles, 3 business jets, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. 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 Rhode Island.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 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
- Flight notification service /ADCUS/ available.
- Deer, birds and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 16; runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee commercial and non Rhode Island registered aircraft/overnight parking fee.
- Military traffic pattern rotary wing 700 feet; fixed wing 1000 feet above ground level.
- 8000 feet available for military aircraft only.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Taxiway R and taxiway east closed indefinitely.
- Lighted cranes 125 feet high at pier 1000 feet southeast of runway 05.
- Military: restricted: 180 degrees turns for aircraft over 12500 LB gross weight proh on runway 16/34.
- Fuel: a++ available.
- Nmrs cranes on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.