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Thomson-McDuffie County Airport

33.52970°N
-82.51650°W
ARR / DAY
3
43.2%
DEP / DAY
5
22.9%

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 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHQU 292055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3015 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
92 land · 39 TO
10
28% of ops
36 land · 49 TO
Runway 28 carries 72% of operations (92 landings, 39 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 92 landings
UA 3%
10 36 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 28 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 92 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
8.7
flights/day · 261 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 1pm · 2pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 8.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (7.4 vs 9.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (45% of 211 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 21:13 UTC