Airports / KAQW / Harriman and West AirportModerate ground coverage
⚡ Upgrade for 1yr history
Harriman and West Airport satellite view
📍 North Adams⬆ 654 ft1 runways
KAQW ·

Harriman and West Airport

42.69590°N
-73.17040°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 62.5%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KALB, 32 mi away (KAQW does not publish METAR)

21m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
4 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KALB 011646Z 09004KT 10SM SCT005 BKN009 OVC013 21/19 A2998 RMK AO2 RAE08 P0000 $

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

29
60% of ops
15 land · 5 TO
11
40% of ops
10 land · 7 TO
Runway 29 carries 60% of operations (15 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

29 15 landings
UA 0%
11 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 15 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
2.0
flights/day · 60 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.6 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

9 · 17%
9 · 17%
5 · 10%
4 · 8%
3 · 6%
2 · 4%
Activity is led by (17% of 52 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
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.
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 17:07 UTC