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KMDQ ·

Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr Field

34.86140°N
-86.55750°W
ARR / DAY
19
14.4%
DEP / DAY
24
9.2%

Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr Field (KMDQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Huntsville, AL. It features 1 runway measuring 6,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 19 arrivals and 24 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMDQ 272155Z AUTO 10SM SCT043 SCT060 30/19 A2996 RMK A02 T02980190

Runways

1 installed

6,500 FT MAX
18/36
6,500 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

36
63% of ops
346 land · 338 TO
18
37% of ops
199 land · 283 TO
Runway 36 carries 63% of operations (346 landings, 338 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

36 346 landings
UA 6%
18 199 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 36 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (22 UA events from 346 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
32.0
flights/day · 961 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 32.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (31.4 vs 33.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 807 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
APCH 125.600
APCH 354.100
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 120.000
HUNTSVIL 120.800
OTHER 120.800
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 121.725
HUNTSVIL 307.000
OTHER 307.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL

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 11:28 UTC