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
0.6%
DEP / DAY
21
19.9%

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 21 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
METAR KMQS 061015Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC002 24/24 A3012 RMK AO2 P0001 T02410241 $

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
69% of ops
1,390 land · 1,424 TO
11
31% of ops
612 land · 449 TO
Runway 29 carries 69% of operations (1,390 landings, 1,424 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

29 1,390 landings
UA 5%
11 612 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 29 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (63 UA events from 1,390 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
39.3
flights/day · 1,178 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 39.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (38.9 vs 41.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 793 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
8/18/2007
re: This airport has a new identifier.
Thanks FLUNKN -- I've updated the code.
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