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Gilliam-Mc Connell Airfield

35.34170°N
-79.43690°W
ARR / DAY
2
114.3%
DEP / DAY
2
5.6%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 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
75% of ops
64 land · 35 TO
13
25% of ops
21 land · 17 TO
Runway 31 carries 75% of operations (64 landings, 35 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

31 64 landings
UA 6%
13 21 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 31 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 64 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
5.1
flights/day · 154 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
95%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 5.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (7.4 vs 4.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 115 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 14:40 UTC