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Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr Field

34.86140°N
-86.55750°W
ARR / DAY
13
29.5%
DEP / DAY
15
35.7%

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 13 arrivals and 15 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMDQ 012215Z AUTO 10SM SCT070 35/16 A3006 RMK A02 T03470157

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
58% of ops
297 land · 292 TO
18
42% of ops
212 land · 297 TO
Runway 36 carries 58% of operations (297 landings, 292 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

36 297 landings
UA 6%
18 212 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 36 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 297 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
30.6
flights/day · 919 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 30.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (35.4 vs 30.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 758 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 03:53 UTC