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Rutherford County Marchman Field satellite view

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KFQD ·

Rutherford County Marchman Field

35.42820°N

-81.93510°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago

Temp

70°F

Wind

5 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KFQD 060535Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2993 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,000 FT MAX

01/19

5,000 ft × 100

ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

51% of ops

98 land · 63 TO

49% of ops

93 land · 29 TO

Runway 19 carries 51% of operations (98 landings, 63 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

19 98 landings

UA 0%

01 93 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 19 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 98 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

8.0

flights/day · 240 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 3pm · 1pm

Day vs night

85%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 8.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (5.6 vs 9.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 195 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

5 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

greenbaron

12/08/2013

Fun fly in

When reading comments from Anonymous posters, one should probably consider the source. Except, you can't. Because it's anonymous, likely for good reason. 57Alpha Cafe is alive and well, open for business, and this airport is a great day trip destination. We had a wonderful experience there last weekend, beautiful area… support GA!

Anonymous

02/17/2010

re: Leading Edge Aviation

Reply to @SPAflyer: Not anymore, he ran the FBO in the ground with his "business skills", and the county decided to let him run it when they took over. Ain't inbreeding grand?

Komatoast

01/24/2009

57A Cafe

Decent eats right on the airport... pick a nice afternoon to fly in and enjoy the scenery and chocolate cake for dessert... Cheap fuel.

SPAflyer

11/30/2007

Leading Edge Aviation

Greg Turner runs a first class operation at this airport.

SPAflyer

11/30/2007

Fine facility at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains

5000' runway, nice approaches, and super nice people. Lest I forget, there's also the 57A cafe next to the terminal. It's not haute cuisine but it is convenient and the pretty good.

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