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KMQS — Chester County G O Carlson
Coatesville, PA · field elevation 660 ft · NON-ATCT
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KMQS current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KMQS 111155Z AUTO 33014G21KT 10SM BKN170 22/20 A2997 RMK AO2 RAB1111E1115 P0000 60001 70003 T02210198 10221 20195 50013 $
- Wind
- from 330° at 14 kt, gusting 21 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 17,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 20 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,597 ft · pressure altitude 610 ft
- Observed
- 22 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 330° at 14 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 9 kt head | 10 kt from the right |
| 11 | 9 kt tail | 10 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
1 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 30 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 10,000–13,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KMQS — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KMQS — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 39.97897, -75.86547
- Elevation
- 660 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1011Z / 0005Z
- Magnetic variation
- -11° (1990)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Washington
- County
- Chester, PA
Everything else KMQS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 5,400 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- Clearance
- 125.6
- CTAF
- 122.7
- UNICOM
- 122.7
- Approach
- 124.35
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
- 3 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KLOM Wings Fld29 nm
- KPHL Philadelphia Intl29 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KMQS airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Pennsylvania airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.