Rosecrans Memorial
STJ · KSTJ · St Joseph, Missouri · Buchanan County · map
Rosecrans Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of St Joseph, 3 miles northwest of St Joseph, Missouri, 826 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 8,061 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSTJ · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am CDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSTJ 062153Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02830133
TAF KSTJ 061720Z 0618/0718 21009KT P6SM SKC FM071300 25004KT P6SM SKC
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 STJ · ICAO KSTJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of St Joseph
- Elevation
- 826 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · wed-thu 8:00 am to 12:00 am, fri-tue 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, ot by notam
- Attended
- Friday to Tuesday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Wednesday to Thursday, 8:00 am to 12:00 am
- 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
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,061 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,797 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 35: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.9 | Saint Joseph |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Stj and automated weather (ASOS) | 125.05 | Saint Joseph |
| Ground | 121.9 | Saint Joseph |
| Approach and departure | 120.35 | Saint Joseph |
| Approach and departure | 124.7 | Saint Joseph |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Saint Joseph |
| Braymer and star · Jhawk and star · Tyger and star | 120.95 | Saint Joseph |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 816-233-0666.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in St Joseph from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in St Joseph, Missouri: 1 piston single, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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
- For advy and position information call stj the control tower or montr the control tower frequency when closed.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset on low intst; to incr intst; activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and runway end identifier lights runways 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 13/31 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. Runway 13/31 has assault strip panels that are cerise and orange in color.
- Center 130 feet grooved.
- Airport closed to aircraft ovr 350000 pounds except prior permission required.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) available by ang.
- High migratory bird activity oct through mar on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Caution: afld sur by lakes and Missouri river. Moderate small bird act MID-NOV through MID-MAR and may through aug and increased bird activity MID-MAR through apr and sep through MID-NOV. ints ang tactical training within airport traffic area.
- Fuel - a++ (military).
- Airfield conditions are not monitored between the hours of 1600L-0700L
- Ang: moderate small bird act possible sunrise to sunset. Bash II period (1 OCT-15 apr). Military aircraft see AP/1 entry for detailed bash information.
- Taxiway B between runway 17/35 and runway 13/31 closed
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.