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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

▼ 25.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 80.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago

Temp

66°F

Wind

7 kts

80°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KAQW 030152Z AUTO 08007G17KT 10SM OVC039 19/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01940133

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

63% of ops

29 land · 4 TO

37% of ops

17 land · 7 TO

Runway 29 carries 63% of operations (29 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

29 29 landings

UA 0%

11 17 landings

UA 0%

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

2.2

flights/day · 65 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 7pm · 3pm

Day vs night

83%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.8 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

9 · 17%

6 · 11%

3 · 6%

Activity is led by (17% of 53 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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