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Coles County Memorial Airport

39.47790°N
-88.27920°W
ARR / DAY
15
▼ 37.0%
DEP / DAY
17
▼ 30.2%

Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO/MTO) is a small general aviation airport located in Mattoon/Charleston, IL, 76 mi east of Springfield. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMTO 052353Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02780211 10289 20261 55005 $

Runways

3 installed

6,501 FT MAX
06/24
5,799 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
11/29
6,501 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH
18/36
1,098 ft × 250
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

06
29% of ops
114 land · 33 TO
24
18% of ops
71 land · 8 TO
29
17% of ops
66 land · 8 TO
11
16% of ops
64 land · 38 TO
36
14% of ops
55 land · 7 TO
18
7% of ops
26 land · 16 TO
Runway 06 carries 29% of operations (114 landings, 33 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

06 114 landings
UA 10%
24 71 landings
UA 3%
29 66 landings
UA 3%
11 64 landings
UA 8%
36 55 landings
UA 4%
18 26 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 06 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 114 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
22.8
flights/day · 685 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 22.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (15.1 vs 26.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

235 · 41%
126 · 22%
27 · 5%
25 · 4%
25 · 4%
18 · 3%
Activity is led by (41% of 573 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 132.850 —
APCH 290.225 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
ASOS 118.475 —
MATTOON 122.200 —
OTHER 122.200 —
DANVILLE 353.950 —
OTHER 353.950 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
3° 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

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07/18/2007
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