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5NC3 ·

Gilliam-Mc Connell Airfield

35.34170°N

-79.43690°W

ARR / DAY

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DEP / DAY

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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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

just now

Temp

84°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

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

72% of ops

50 land · 32 TO

28% of ops

19 land · 14 TO

Runway 31 carries 72% of operations (50 landings, 32 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 50 landings

UA 0%

13 19 landings

UA 11%

Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 50 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

4.3

flights/day · 129 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 5pm · 6pm

Day vs night

95%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.4× weekday (7.6 vs 3.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 95 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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