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KMDH · Southern Illinois Airport

ICAO · US · 19 NTSB events

ID KMDH FAA MDH Elev 411 ft Lat 37° 46.69' N Lon 89° 15.12' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

—

Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

6 runway ends on file. Longest: 6,506 ft. Max gradient: 0.15%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
18L 181.2° 6,506 ft 100 ft ASP Yes —
36R 1.2° 6,506 ft 100 ft ASP Yes —
06 60.6° 4,163 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.14%
24 240.6° 4,163 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.14%
18R 181.2° 3,498 ft 60 ft ASP Yes —
36L 1.2° 3,498 ft 60 ft ASP Yes —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 6 frequencies

  • ATIS ATIS 119.850
  • GND GND 121.800
  • TWR CARBONDALE TWR 125.350
  • CTAF CTAF 125.350
  • CNTR KANSAS CITY CNTR 125.300
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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  • NDB MD

    Cabbi

    0.39 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 1 matched · 27 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (1)

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Birds on and invof arpt.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (27 sentences)
  • ·38 ILLINOIS CARBONDALE/MURPHYSBORO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MDH)(KMDH) 3 NW UTC–6(–5DT) N37º46.69´ W89º15.12´ 411 B ARFF Index—See Remarks NOTAM FILE MDH RWY 18L–36R: H6506X100 (ASPH–GRVD) 2S–126 PCR 270 F/D/X/T HIRL RWY 18L: MALSR.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 45´.
  • ·RWY 06–24: H4163X100 (ASPH–PFC) S–86, D–110, 2D–167 PCR 350 F/D/X/T MIRL No Part 121/Part 380 Ops RWY 06: REIL.
  • ·VASI(V4L)—GA 3.5º TCH 48´.
  • ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.5º TCH 25´.
  • ·RWY 18R–36L: H3498X60 (ASPH) PCR 40 F/D/X/T MIRL No Part 121/Part 380 Ops RWY 18R: PVASI(PSIL)—GA 3.0º TCH 27´.
  • ·RWY 36L: PVASI(PSIL)—GA 3.0º TCH 25´.
  • ·LAND AND HOLD–SHORT OPERATIONS LDG RWY HOLD–SHORT POINT AVBL LDG DIST RWY 06 18L–36R 3100 RWY 24 18R–36L 3800 RWY 36R 06–24 3000
  • ·RWY 06: TORA–4163 TODA–4163 ASDA–4163 LDA–4163 RWY 18L:TORA–6506 TODA–6506 ASDA–6506 LDA–6506 RWY 18R:TORA–3498 TODA–3498 ASDA–3498 LDA–3498 RWY 24: TORA–4163 TODA–4163 ASDA–4163 LDA–4163 RWY 36L:TORA–3498 TODA–3498 ASDA–3498 LDA–3498 RWY 36R:TORA–6506 TODA–6506 ASDA–6506 LDA–6506
  • ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A LGT ACTIVATE MALSR Rwy 18L; VASI Rwy 06; PAPI Rwy 24 and Rwy 36R; MIRL Rwy 06–24; HIRL Rwy 18L–36R—CTAF.
  • ·When twr clsd HIRL Rwy 18L–36R preset med ints, increase ints–CTAF.
  • ·When twr clsd Rwy 18R–36L ltg by req only—call 618–534–3662.
  • ·Rwy 18R PVASI unusable byd 6º right of course, PVASI OTS indef.
  • ·High student training activity.
  • ·Clsd to sked acr ops gtr than 9 psgr seats.
  • ·Unsked acr ops gtr than 30 psgr seats rqr 24 hr PPR—call amgr Mon–Fri.
  • ·Rwy 06–24 restricted to acft 12,500 pounds or less; unless PPR with twr.
  • ·Rwy 06 and Rwy 18R–36L intersect.
  • ·Verify correct compass heading for Rwy 06 deps.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 618-529-1721
  • ·ASOS (618) 529–1821 LAWRS.
  • ·CTAF 125.35 ATIS 119.725 UNICOM 122.95 KANSAS CITY CENTER APP/DEP CON 127.475 TOWER 125.35 (1300–0300Z‡) GND CON 121.8
  • ·CLASS D svc 1300–0300Z‡; other times CLASS G.
  • ·CABBI NDB (LOMW) 388 MD N37º52.21´ W89º14.73´ 184º 5.5 NM to fld. 409/1W.
  • ·NDB unmonitored when ATCT clsd.
  • ·Unmonitored when ATCT clsd.
  • ·ST LOUIS H–5E, L–16H IAP, AD EC, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

Carbondale

Source: OurAirports community

IATA · MDH

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

19 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

19

since 1982

Fatal

1

5.3% of total

Last 5 years

3

≈ 0.6/yr

Last 10 years

6

≈ 0.6/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 132,593 ops in 2022

2024 total

109,370

10-yr total

986,426

2024 mix

AC/AT 29% · GA 71% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

6.1

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.32

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=5

  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Other 1
  • Loss of control 1
  • Stall / spin 1

All time · n=19

  • Other 7
  • Stall / spin 4
  • Hard landing 2
  • Loss of control 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Birdstrike / wildlife 1
  • Runway excursion 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2025-12-31 Pitts S1S · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2024-06-18 Cessna 172R · Loss of control · day →
2022-02-12 Cessna 172N · Weather · VMC · dusk →
2020-05-22 Champion 7GCBC · Other · VMC · day →
2019-05-26 Luscombe 8 · Weather · day →
2016-05-18 Cessna 172 · Runway excursion · day →
2014-07-16 Cessna 172N · Hard landing →
2013-02-14 Cessna 152 · Birdstrike · VMC →
2013-02-01 Cessna 172 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2003-04-11 Cessna 172N · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2002-08-07 Goode Acro Sport I · Other · VMC · day →
2001-09-22 Boeing Stearman B75N1 · Stall / spin · VMC · night →
2001-08-21 Hoskins Quickie Q2 · Other · VMC · day →
1990-05-31 Piper PA23-250 · Other · day →
1988-10-09 Cessna 172 · Stall / spin · day →
1988-01-18 Piper PA-23-250 · Other · night →
1985-12-07 Cessna 150M · Other · VMC · day →
1985-07-03 Cessna 310D · Other · night →
1983-09-06 Cessna 172 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →

NASA ASRS reports · 1 de-identified report in the public ASRS Database Report Sets

Voluntary first-person accounts; they represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.

Designees in IL

CFI Flight Instructors 2,147 A&P Mechanics 6,104 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 49 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 13 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 9 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 4 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 3 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 11 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 43 ODA Organizational Designations 4 Schools Flight Schools 64 FBO Fixed Base Operators 67 Clubs Flying Clubs 56 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 8 EAA EAA Chapters 40

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Adrian Konrad Krupa Murphysboro IL 4 nm
Steven Charles Goetz Murphysboro IL 4 nm
John Scott Saunders Cahokia IL 64 nm
Forrest Crawford Sauget IL 65 nm
James Andrew Moseley Sauget IL 65 nm
Roy Carl Beisswenger Greenville IL 67 nm
Lindsey Erin Saunders East Saint Louis IL 67 nm
Stephen Paul Colson Mayfield KY 69 nm
John Scott Saunders St. Louis MO 70 nm
David Walter Chilenski Saint Louis MO 76 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Thomas Eugene Esposito Carbondale IL 4 nm
Thomas Michael Roy Jr Carbondale IL 4 nm
Kimberly Ann Talley Carbondale IL 4 nm
Donald Russell Morris Carbondale IL 4 nm
Serhiy Anatoliy Maslovsky Carbondale IL 4 nm
Alex A Wilson Carbondale IL 4 nm
Mark Aaron Rhodes Murphysboro IL 4 nm
Jeffrey Alan Hayes Murphysboro IL 4 nm
David Ray Trimble Murphysboro IL 4 nm
James Loggins Murphysboro IL 4 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Michael Lawrence Stouffer De Soto IL 3 nm
Matthew Alan Smith De Soto IL 3 nm
Robert Otto Kolkmeyer Carbondale IL 4 nm
Thomas Michael Roy Jr Carbondale IL 4 nm
Harry Blaine Fanning Ii Carbondale IL 4 nm
Donald Russell Morris Carbondale IL 4 nm
Ibrahim Khalid Almahini Carbondale IL 4 nm
Robert James Nelson Carbondale IL 4 nm
Hannah Leigh Ramsey Carbondale IL 4 nm
Garry David Hall Carbondale IL 4 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Aero Turbine Maintenance
Murray, KY
 79 nm
Aircraft Maintenance Specialties, Inc
St. Louis, MO
 82 nm
Mistwood Aviation
Chesterfield, MO
 85 nm
AVMATS - Aviation Maintenance & Technical Support
Chesterfield, MO
 85 nm
Harrison Avionics, Inc.
Hopkinsville, KY
 102 nm
Dusty’s Flying Service
Hopkinsville , KY
 102 nm
Aviation Repair Technologies, LLC
Blytheville, AR
 114 nm
Pilots Ally
Walnut Ridge, AR
 128 nm
Klem's Aero Repair
Jacksonville, IL
 128 nm
Turbines, Inc
Terre Haute, IN
 136 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.