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KHQU ·

Thomson-McDuffie County Airport

33.52970°N
-82.51650°W
ARR / DAY
4
25.0%
DEP / DAY
7
2.0%

Thomson-McDuffie County Airport (KHQU) is a small general aviation airport located in Thomson, GA, 58 mi south east of Athens. It features 1 runway measuring 5,514 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
10 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHQU 260155Z AUTO 18010G15KT 10SM SCT065 BKN075 OVC090 28/20 A3011 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,514 FT MAX
10/28
5,514 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

28
72% of ops
107 land · 44 TO
10
28% of ops
41 land · 52 TO
Runway 28 carries 72% of operations (107 landings, 44 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

28 107 landings
UA 2%
10 41 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 28 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 107 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
9.7
flights/day · 292 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 9.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (7.4 vs 11.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (45% of 238 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 124.450
APCH 270.300
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 120.625
OTHER 128.100
AUGUSTA 128.100
OTHER 322.325
AUGUSTA 322.325
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 23:50 UTC