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Harriman and West Airport satellite view

📍 North Adams⬆ 654 ft1 runways

KAQW ·

Harriman and West Airport

42.69590°N

-73.17040°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 14.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 12.5%

Harriman and West Airport (KAQW) is a small general aviation airport located in North Adams, MA, 30 mi east of Albany. It features 1 runway measuring 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago

Temp

66°F

Wind

6 kts

120°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KAQW 241352Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T01890150

Runways

1 installed

4,300 FT MAX

11/29

4,300 ft × 100

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

57% of ops

17 land · 7 TO

43% of ops

13 land · 8 TO

Runway 29 carries 57% of operations (17 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

29 17 landings

UA 0%

11 13 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 17 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

2.3

flights/day · 70 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 3pm · 7pm

Day vs night

80%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.0 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 60 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
APCH	132.825	—
APCH	307.200	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
ASOS	134.775	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZBW
Mag var:: 14° W
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

Noreaster

01/12/2025

Wounderful destination...

Nestled next to Massachusetts highest peak, Mt Greylock, the operations building has 24 hr access to facilities, S.S. 100LL and parking. No additional fees that I'm aware of.

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