St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field
SET · KSET · St Charles, Missouri · St Charles County · map
St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field is a public-use airport owned by St Charles County, 9 miles northeast of St Charles, Missouri, 437 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 3,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 120 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 63,764 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field?
Its FAA code is SET, and its ICAO code is KSET.
Where is St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field?
It is 9 miles northeast of St Charles, Missouri, 437 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 3,800 feet long.
Does St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field?
6 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including St Charles County Flying Club LLC and Boeing Employees Flying Club St Louis. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field?
6 pilot examiners and 16 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 St. Charles County Rgnl/Smartt Field…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SET · ICAO KSET
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- St Charles County
- Elevation
- 437 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to March, every day, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm; April to October, every day, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.6 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.2 | |
| Set and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.075 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 636-400-9504.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: St. Louis Lambert International (11 nm south), Creve Coeur Airport (13 nm south), St. Louis Regional (18 nm east), Spirit Of St. Louis Airport (19 nm southwest).
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 Missouri · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 and runway 09/27 and runway end identifier lights runway 18, PAPI runway 18 - the common traffic frequency. Dusk to dawn only.
- Runway 36 VASI out of service indefinitely
- Heavy student training.
- Airport conditions not reported MON-FRI 1630L-0800L daily, Friday 1630L through Monday 0800L.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
- Looking…
Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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 | 111 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 1 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 63,764, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 110 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,220 |
| general aviation, local | 49,434 |
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 St Charles from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in St Charles, Missouri: 3 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Missouri.
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:
- St Charles County Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Portage Des Sioux, 5 miles away
- Boeing Employees Flying Club St Louis 1 aircraft · Saint Charles, 10 miles away
- Red Cub Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Charles, 10 miles away
- Four Ten Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Florissant, 11 miles away
- Mlc Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Peters, 14 miles away
- Phantom Works Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Saint Peters, 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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 16 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 6 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 18 training center evaluators, 23 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- John Scott Saunders private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · St. Charles Flying Service · Portage Des Sioux, MO (2 nm) · (314) 308-5875 · [email protected]
- Lindsey Erin Saunders private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · St. Charles Flying Service · Portage Des Sioux, MO (2 nm) · (314) 308-8700 · [email protected]
- William Lovell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Winfield, MO (17 nm) · (636) 515-3005 · [email protected]
- Daniel Reed private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wentzville, MO (22 nm) · (314) 497-9829 · [email protected]
- David Walter Chilenski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Saint Louis, MO (22 nm) · (314) 221-2190 · [email protected]
- Forrest Crawford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Ideal Aviation · Sauget, IL (25 nm) · (765) 401-0777 · [email protected]
All 76 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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, 1 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 St Charles 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- St Charles County Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Boeing Employees Flying Club St Louis 1 aircraft · flying club
- Red Cub Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Missouri 1,637 since 1982 · 217 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Missouri 124 landing places
- Missouri 5,815 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SET.json.
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 26, 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.