KMWA Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois
Marion, IL · 4 miles W of MARION, IL
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KMWA
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 471.7 ft
- Coordinates
- 37-45-17.9000N 089-00-39.9000W
- Lat / Long
- 37.7549722, -89.0110833
- Mag. variation
- 01E (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 10/1944
- ARTCC
- KANSAS CITY CENTER
- FSS
- SAINT LOUIS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- MWA (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS SVC AVBL 0700-1800; AFT HR - 618-993-2764.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MALSR RWY 20; REIL RWY 11 & 29; PAPI RWY 02, 11 & 29; HIRL RWY 02/20; MIRL RWY 11/29 - CTAF. HIRL RWY 02/20 PRESET TO LOW INTST; INCR INTST - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KMWA
Runways
Longest 8,012 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 8012 x 150 ft. / 2442 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/porous friction courses, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 80.0
Runway 2
- Heading
- 021 magnetic, 022 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:8012 TODA:8012 ASDA:8012 LDA:8012
- Markings
- precision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 452.6 ft.
- Obstructions
- 56 ft. trees, 2130 ft. from runway, 697 ft. left of centerline, 34:1 slope to clear
Runway 20
- Heading
- 201 magnetic, 202 true
- Declared distances
- TORA:8012 TODA:8012 ASDA:8012 LDA:8012
- Markings
- precision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 465.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- 83 ft. tree, 2945 ft. from runway, 847 ft. left of centerline, 33:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 4997 x 100 ft. / 1523 x 30 m FIRST 1200 FT OF RWY 29 GRVD CONC.
- Surface
- asphalt/concrete/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 45.0
Runway 11
- Heading
- 107 magnetic, 108 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:4997 TODA:4997 ASDA:4997 LDA:4997
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 453.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 62 ft. tree, 1537 ft. from runway, 90 ft. left of centerline, 21:1 slope to clear
Runway 29
- Heading
- 287 magnetic, 288 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:4997 TODA:4997 ASDA:4997 LDA:4997
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 467.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- 30 ft. sign, 1218 ft. from runway, 249 ft. left of centerline, 33:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 3
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Other charts 2
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 128.4
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Wx Awos-3p
- 119.675 (618-942-8877)
- Marion Ground
- 121.7 [0700-1900]
- Marion Tower
- 128.4 [0700-1900]
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.