# Telfair Wheeler Airport (MQW / KMQW)

**Telfair Wheeler Airport** (IATA: MQW, ICAO: KMQW) is a small airport in Mc Rae, Georgia, United States. It opened in Jan 1968. It has one runway, 5,001 ft (1,524 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MQW / KMQW
- FAA: MQW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Mc Rae, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Jan 1968
- Elevation: 202 ft / 62 m
- Coordinates: 32.0958, -82.8800
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,001 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telfair%E2%80%93Wheeler_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7697191
- Weather station: KMQW
- Ident: KMQW

## Timeline

- Jan 1968: Telfair Wheeler Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 023° / 203° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | =6,505 of 29,858 | =2,345 in North America | =1,936 in US |
| Elevation | 202 ft / 62 m | =33,848 of 43,403 | =15,473 in North America | =13,023 in US |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =4,192 in North America | =4,105 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 | JACKSONVILLE CNTR | 132.300 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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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/kmqw/data