# Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport (AXS / KAXS)

**Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport** (IATA: AXS, ICAO: KAXS) is a small airport in Altus, Oklahoma, United States. It opened in Oct 1942. It has one runway, 5,501 ft (1,677 m) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaxs

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AXS / KAXS
- FAA: AXS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Altus, Oklahoma, United States
- Opened: Oct 1942
- Elevation: 1,433 ft / 437 m
- Coordinates: 34.6980, -99.3385
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,501 ft / 1,677 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.altusairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altus/Quartz_Mountain_Regional_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4737044
- Weather station: KAXS
- Ident: KAXS

## Timeline

- Oct 1942: Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 5,501 ft / 1,677 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,501 ft / 1,677 m | =5,392 of 29,858 | =1,652 in North America | =1,310 in US |
| Elevation | 1,433 ft / 437 m | =12,592 of 43,403 | #5,428 in North America | #4,151 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 125.100 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.825 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaxs/data