Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Chester County Area Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Coatesville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Location | Valley Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 660 ft / 201 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°58′44″N 075°51′56″W / 39.97889°N 75.86556°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.chestercountyairport.com | ||||||||||
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Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport (IATA: CTH, ICAO: KMQS, FAA LID: MQS) is a public airport 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Coatesville, in Valley Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.[1] It is owned by the Chester County Area Airport Authority.[2]
Chester County's airport identifier was 40N but the identifier has recently changed to MQS. The airport is next to Keystone Heliport (closed). Signature Flight Support, a fixed-base operator, and flight training offered by Chester County Aviation are also located on the field.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Chester County Airport is MQS to the FAA and CTH to the IATA, which was assigned MQS to Mustique Airport on Mustique in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- ^ a b "Valley Second Class Township Map" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
Chester County Carlson Airport
"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Valley township, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-08-20.Chester County G O Carlson Arprt
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for MQS PDF, effective 2023-09-07