Chester County G O Carlson Airport satellite view
📍 Coatesville⬆ 660 ft1 runways
KMQS · CTH

Chester County G O Carlson Airport

39.97900°N
-75.86550°W
ARR / DAY
22
8.5%
DEP / DAY
20
9.6%

Chester County G O Carlson Airport (KMQS/CTH) is a small general aviation airport located in Coatesville, PA, 37 mi west of Philadelphia. It features 1 runway measuring 5,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 22 arrivals and 20 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMQS 032335Z AUTO 21003KT 9SM CLR 26/23 A2994 RMK AO2 T02600233 $

Runways

1 installed

5,400 FT MAX
11/29
5,400 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

29
76% of ops
911 land · 971 TO
11
24% of ops
285 land · 159 TO
Runway 29 carries 76% of operations (911 landings, 971 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 24%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

29 911 landings
UA 3%
11 285 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 29 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (25 UA events from 911 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
39.2
flights/day · 1,177 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 39.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (36.4 vs 42.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (21% of 796 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 124.350
APCH 319.150
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 126.250
CD/P 125.600
OTHER 125.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZNY
Mag var:
11° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
david
08/18/2007
re: This airport has a new identifier.
Thanks FLUNKN -- I've updated the code.
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