St. Charles Airport (FAA LID: 3SQ) was a privately owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (7.41 km) north of the central business district of the City of St. Charles in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, it was categorized as a reliever airport.[2] The airport closed on June 30, 2010, and was restored to agricultural use farmland.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, St. Charles Airport was assigned 3SQ by the FAA but had no designation from the IATA.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
St. Charles Airport covered an area of 72 acres (29 ha) at an elevation of 442 feet (135 m) above mean sea level. It had one asphalt paved runway designated 09/27 which measured 3,451 by 50 feet (1,052 x 15 m) and two turf runways: 15/33 is 2,310 by 103 feet (704 x 31 m) and 18/36 is 2,145 by 100 feet (654 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 27, 2007, the airport had 40,260 aircraft operations, an average of 151 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% air taxi. At that time there were 77 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, and 1% ultralight.[1] St. Charles Flying Service was based at the field and moved to the nearby St. Charles Smartt airport.
References
External links
- Aerial photo as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 3SQ
- AirNav airport information for 3SQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 3SQ