| Mississippi County Airport | |
| Icao: | KCHQ |
| Faa: | CHQ |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Mississippi County Commission |
| City-Served: | Charleston, Missouri |
| Elevation-F: | 313 |
| Coordinates: | 36.8422°N -89.3597°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Missouri#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Missouri |
| Pushpin Label: | CHQ |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| R1-Number: | 18/36 |
| R1-Length-F: | 3,196 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2009 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 1,215 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Mississippi County Airport 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.
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]
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.