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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 40 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 17,848 takeoffs and landings a year. About 65 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Quonset State Airport?
Its FAA code is OQU, and its ICAO code is KOQU.
Where is Quonset State Airport?
It is 3 miles northeast of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, 18 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Quonset State Airport?
The longest of its 4 runways, 16/34, is 7,000 feet long.
Does Quonset State Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Quonset State Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Quonset State Airport?
6 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Quonset Aero Club INC and North Central Flight Center LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Quonset State Airport?
7 pilot examiners and 22 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Quonset State Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA · each fuel's page: who burns it, where else it is sold
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Newport State Airport (7 nm southeast), Rhode Island TF Green International (8 nm north), North Central State Airport (20 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Rhode Island · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 8 |
| jets | 1 |
| other | 12 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,848, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,104 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,944 |
| general aviation, local | 5,980 |
| military | 7,820 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Rhode Island.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Quonset Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · North Kingstown
- North Central Flight Center LLC 1 aircraft · Warwick, 7 miles away
- Ocean City Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Newport, 8 miles away
- Ocean City Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Middletown, 9 miles away
- South CO Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Cranston, 12 miles away
- Oceanstate Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Little Compton, 14 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 22 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners.
- Ryan Gauthier private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Westerly, RI (23 nm) · (860) 912-3283 · [email protected]
- Stephen Oakman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Middleborough, MA (30 nm) · (617) 755-4863 · [email protected]
- Alexander Crosett private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (978) 807-7553 · [email protected]
- Derek Gerard Sunnerberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (508) 209-4715 · [email protected]
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Michael George Goulian private pilot; airplanes · Plymouth,, MA (39 nm) · (617) 510-9328 · [email protected]
- Yoshitaka Murata private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Centerville, MA (48 nm) · (407) 885-0658 · [email protected]
All 42 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in North Kingstown 14 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 3 business jets, 1 piston twins
- Quonset Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Quonset Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- North Central Flight Center LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Ocean City Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Rhode Island 166 since 1982 · 18 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Rhode Island 7 landing places
- Rhode Island 361 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OQU.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 2, 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.