Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 3:15 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KSIK), KCHQ is currently VFR with variable winds at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Mississippi County Airport in Charleston, MO, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KSIK): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Charleston, MO at a field elevation of 313 ft. KCHQ has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KSIK, about 10 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (18/36), the longest 3,196 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KSIK, 10.3 nm away.
Wind variable at 5 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 27°C (80°F), altimeter 30.17 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KSIK 282015Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A3017 RMK AO2 T02650080 $
What changed at KSIK (nearest station)?
Since the 1955Z (2:55 PM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1955Z (2:55 PM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for KCHQ
Based on the nearest station (KSIK), KCHQ is currently VFR with variable winds at 5 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 1,450 ft (field elevation 313 ft). KCHQ does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KCGI, about 25 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is variable at 5 kt: light and variable wind like this is generally not a factor for runway selection, and with no steady direction there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 3,196 ft | ASP | - | - |
| 36 | 3,196 ft | ASP | - | - |
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KCHQ runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 18/363,196 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KCHQWind
- 18
- no steady wind
- 36
- no steady wind
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 24 h: wind 4→5 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KCHQ weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
Radar: NOAA/NWS via IEM · Forecast: NOAA HRRR · Lightning: NOAA · Map © Stadia Maps © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap
NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of KCHQ
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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ARP UAL1366 3553N 08816W 1816 F360 255/046KT TB OCNL LGT CHOP IC
ARP UAL1366 3553N 08816W 181…Header: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at KCHQ
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KSIK reported mostly VFR across 71 observations, with 3 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 12,000 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Most recent change: LIFR → VFR
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 36
- 57%
- 18
- 43%
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Live crosswind meter
KCHQ has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KSIK, 10 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 18/36 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Attended
- Ireg all day
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Crop dusting
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- ICAO
- KCHQ
- FAA LID
- CHQ
- City
- Charleston
- State
- Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 313 ft
- Coordinates
- 36.8421, -89.3597
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,196 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KSIK
- TAF
- Nearest KCGI
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 2h 40m
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Nearby airports
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Pilot PIREPs for Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ)
Community-submittedCommunity-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.
Read recent community-submitted pilot notes for Mississippi County Airport, including runway conditions, wildlife activity, FBO/fuel notes, turbulence, ramp access, and local airport tips.
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