FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | MQW |
Lat/Long: | 32-05-49.1870N 082-52-45.8820W 32-05.819783N 082-52.764700W 32.0969964,-82.8794117 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 202.1 ft. / 61.6 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 03W (1985) |
From city: | 3 miles NE of MC RAE, GA |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 31037 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 01/1968 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | JACKSONVILLE CENTER |
FSS: | MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | MCN (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATNND |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 21; PAPI RWYS 03 & 21, MIRL RWY 03/21 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 122.9 |
WX AWOS-3PT: | 120.000 (229-868-7472) |
WX AWOS-3 at EZM (15 nm NW): | 119.425 (478-374-9979) |
WX AWOS-3 at AZE (17 nm SE): | 119.125 ((912) 375-0650) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY JACKSONVILLE ARTCC ON FREQS 127.575/269.025 (ALMA RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
DBNr190/28.1 | | DUBLIN VORTAC | | 113.10 | | 05W |
VNAr102/32.2 | | VIENNA VORTAC | | 116.50 | | 01E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
EASTMAN | | 102/14.1 | | 366 | | 04W | | EZM | . --.. -- |
HAZLEHURST | | 324/17.6 | | 414 | | 06W | | AZE | .- --.. . |
ONYUN | | 262/30.5 | | 372 | | 06W | | UQN | ..- --.- -. |
BAXLEY | | 319/34.0 | | 376 | | 06W | | BHC | -... .... -.-. |
FITZGERALD | | 041/35.8 | | 362 | | 05W | | SUR | ... ..- .-. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A+ |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | NONE |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 3/21
Dimensions: | 5001 x 75 ft. / 1524 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 3 | | RUNWAY 21 |
Latitude: | 32-05.439585N | | 32-06.199975N |
Longitude: | 082-52.952282W | | 082-52.577108W |
Elevation: | 201.9 ft. | | 192.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 026 magnetic, 023 true | | 206 magnetic, 203 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 53 ft. trees, 677 ft. from runway, 307 ft. left of centerline, 9:1 slope to clear | | 66 ft. trees, 926 ft. from runway, 310 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | TELFAIR-WHEELER AIRPORT AUTH P.O. BOX 192 MC RAE, GA 30411 Phone 229-315-1227 |
Manager: | JIMMY RAY P.O. BOX 192 MCRAE, GA 31055 Phone 229-315-1227 |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD CTC JACKSONVILLE ARTCC AT 904-845-1592. |
- | WEATHER DATA SOURCES: AWOS 3PT 120.000 (229) 868-7472 |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 17 April 2025 at 0901Z to 15 May 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 | |
download (211KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 | |
download (182KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (153KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (497KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KEZM - Heart of Georgia Regional Airport (15 nm NW)
KAZE - Hazlehurst Airport (17 nm SE)
KVDI - Vidalia Regional Airport (26 nm E)
48A - Cochran Airport (27 nm NW)
KDBN - W H 'Bud' Barron Airport (29 nm N)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by F. Allen Kyzer
Photo taken 21-Oct-2009
from a C-182.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 10-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:12 | | 10:12 |
Sunrise | | 06:39 | | 10:39 |
Sunset | | 20:17 | | 00:17 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:44 | | 00:44 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 10-May-2025 11:26:56 |
Local (UTC-4) | 10-May-2025 07:26:56 |
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METAR |
KMQW | 101115Z AUTO 07004KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR SCT031 BKN050 OVC120 19/19 A3001 RMK AO2 P0001 T01890185
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KEZM 15nm NW | 101115Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM SCT075 SCT085 OVC110 17/17 A3002 RMK AO2
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KAZE 17nm SE | 101115Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM RA SCT060 SCT070 OVC085 19/19 A3001 RMK AO2 P0002 T01940194
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TAF |
KWRB 47nm NW | 100800Z 1008/1114 02003KT 5000 -SHRA OVC050 QNH2998INS BECMG 1008/1009 VRB06KT 9000 -SHRA OVC040 QNH2999INS BECMG 1012/1014 07009KT 9000 -SHRA OVC015 QNH2999INS BECMG 1014/1015 07010G20KT 8000 -SHRA BKN008 OVC015 QNH2999INS TEMPO 1020/1022 08010G25KT 9999 TSRA OVC015CB QNH2998INS TX23/1021Z TN19/1011Z
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NOTAMs |
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