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Gilliam-Mc Connell Airfield

35.34170°N
-79.43690°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

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 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KHFF, 21 mi away (5NC3 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
84°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHFF 312355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 29/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02850238 10349 20285 55001 $

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
77% of ops
62 land · 33 TO
13
23% of ops
19 land · 17 TO
Runway 31 carries 77% of operations (62 landings, 33 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

31 62 landings
UA 6%
13 19 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 31 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 62 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
4.8
flights/day · 143 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
94%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 4.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (7.4 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 108 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 20:54 UTC