# Houston Memorial Airport (M48)

**Houston Memorial Airport** (FAA: M48) is a small airport in Houston, Missouri, United States. It opened in Feb 1945. It has one runway, 3,500 ft (1,067 m) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/km48

## At a glance

- FAA: M48
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Houston, Missouri, United States
- Opened: Feb 1945
- Elevation: 1,195 ft / 364 m
- Coordinates: 37.3301, -91.9732
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 ft / 1,067 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35266601
- Weather station: KTBN
- Ident: KM48

## Timeline

- Feb 1945: Houston Memorial Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Concrete | 172° / 352° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | =12,572 of 29,858 | =5,008 in North America | =4,193 in US |
| Elevation | 1,195 ft / 364 m | #15,106 of 43,403 | #6,572 in North America | #5,147 in US |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =1,492 in North America | =1,440 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

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- [MU25](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mu25.md) Piney Bend Airport · 7.6 mi / 12 km
- [6MO3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6mo3.md) Flying 'E' Airport · 8.6 mi / 14 km
- [6MU9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6mu9.md) Craddock Field · 14 mi / 23 km
- [KTVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktvb.md) Cabool Memorial Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [21MO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6777.md) Baker Farm Airport · 21 mi / 33 km

## 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/km48/data