Mississippi County Airport (ICAO: KCHQ, FAA LID: CHQ) is a public use airport in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. It is owned by the Mississippi County Commission and located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Charleston, Missouri.[1]

Mississippi County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KCHQ FAA LID: CHQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mississippi County Commission
Serves	Charleston, Missouri
Elevation AMSL	313 ft / 95 m
Coordinates	36°50′32″N 089°21′35″W
Map
CHQ Location of airport in Missouri
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 3,196 974 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 1,215
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CHQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA,[2] (which assigned CHQ to Chania International Airport serving Chania, Greece).[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Mississippi County Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 313 feet (95 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,196 by 60 feet (974 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, the airport had 1,215 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per month: 99% general aviation and 1% military.[1]

References

External links

• Mississippi County Airport at Missouri DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of March 1996 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CHQ, effective June 16, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CHQ
  • AirNav airport information for CHQ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for CHQ