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Gilliam-Mc Connell Airfield

35.34170°N
-79.43690°W
ARR / DAY
1
25.0%
DEP / DAY
3
23.1%

Gilliam-Mc Connell Airfield (5NC3) is a small general aviation airport located in Carthage, NC, 37 mi north west of Fayetteville. It features 1 runway measuring 2,538 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPOB, 27 mi away (5NC3 does not publish METAR)

30m ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPOB 250555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02070179 10281 20199 53005 $

Runways

1 installed

2,538 FT MAX
13/31
2,538 ft × 36
ASPH-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

31
72% of ops
38 land · 21 TO
13
28% of ops
15 land · 11 TO
Runway 31 carries 72% of operations (38 landings, 21 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 28%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

31 38 landings
UA 11%
13 15 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 31 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 38 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
5.0
flights/day · 151 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
93%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 5.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (7.1 vs 4.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (17% of 111 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Elevation:
581 ft

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:25 UTC