# Chester County G O Carlson Airport (CTH / KMQS)

**Chester County G O Carlson Airport** (IATA: CTH, ICAO: KMQS) is a small airport in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in Sep 1937. It has one runway, 5,400 ft (1,646 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CTH / KMQS
- FAA: MQS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Opened: Sep 1937
- Elevation: 660 ft / 201 m
- Coordinates: 39.9790, -75.8655
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,400 ft / 1,646 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 3 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.chestercountyairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_County_G._O._Carlson_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708147
- Weather station: KMQS
- Ident: KMQS

## Timeline

- Sep 1937: Chester County G O Carlson Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 5,400 ft / 1,646 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,400 ft / 1,646 m | =5,613 of 29,858 | =1,817 in North America | =1,458 in US |
| Elevation | 660 ft / 201 m | =24,155 of 43,403 | =11,586 in North America | =9,627 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 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 | PHILADELPHIA APP/DEP | 124.350 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 126.250 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 125.600 |
| RDO | WILLIAMSPORT RDO | 113.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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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/kmqs/data