# Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (MWA / KMWA)

**Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois** (IATA: MWA, ICAO: KMWA) is a medium airport in Marion, Illinois, United States. It opened in Oct 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,012 ft (2,442 m). In 2025 it handled 26 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MWA / KMWA
- FAA: MWA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Marion, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Oct 1944
- Elevation: 472 ft / 144 m
- Coordinates: 37.7512, -89.0166
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,012 ft / 2,442 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 25,766 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://veteransairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Airport_of_Southern_Illinois (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8021210
- Weather station: KMWA
- Ident: KMWA

## Timeline

- Oct 1944: Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 8,012 ft / 2,442 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 022° / 202° | yes |
| 11/29 | 4,997 ft / 1,523 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05215AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 20,146 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 18,678 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 21,046 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 21,079 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 21,120 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 10,238 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 19,826 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 20,237 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 20,315 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 27,448 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 25,766 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 298 mi / 480 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MWA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 26K (2025) | #2,347 of 3,974 | #545 in North America | #372 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,012 ft / 2,442 m | =2,684 of 29,858 | =541 in North America | #400 in US |
| Elevation | 472 ft / 144 m | #27,652 of 43,403 | #13,140 in North America | #11,001 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.675 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 125.300 |
| CNTR | KANSAS CITY CNTR | 125.300 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 128.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | ST LOUIS RDO | 110.400 |
| TWR | MARION TWR | 128.400 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [MDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdh.md) Southern Illinois Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [CGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcgi.md) Cape Girardeau Regional Airport · 47 mi / 76 km
- [PAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpah.md) Barkley Regional Airport · 50 mi / 80 km
- [BLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kblv.md) Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport · 71 mi / 114 km
- [EVV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kevv.md) Evansville Regional Airport · 83 mi / 134 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veterans_Airport_of_Southern_Illinois&oldid=1374808556), revision of 14 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kmwa/data