Tradewind Airport satellite view
📍 Amarillo⬆ 3,649 ft2 runways
KTDW · TDW

Tradewind Airport

35.16990°N
-101.82600°W
ARR / DAY
22
25.5%
DEP / DAY
30
18.3%

Tradewind Airport (KTDW/TDW) is a small general aviation airport located in Amarillo, TX. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,098 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 22 arrivals and 30 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAMA, 8 mi away (KTDW does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
96°F
Wind
12 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KAMA 032053Z 16012G17KT 10SM FEW085 36/11 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W-NE SLP068 T03560111 56022

Runway intelligence

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

17
66% of ops
867 land · 1,046 TO
35
21% of ops
283 land · 251 TO
23
10% of ops
128 land · 20 TO
05
3% of ops
42 land · 4 TO
Runway 17 carries 66% of operations (867 landings, 1,046 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

17 867 landings
UA 13%
35 283 landings
UA 11%
23 128 landings
UA 16%
05 42 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 17 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (110 UA events from 867 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
52.4
flights/day · 1,571 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 52.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (49.1 vs 56.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 1,061 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 119.500
APCH 121.150
APCH 307.000
APCH 307.900
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.475
CD/P 125.400
OTHER 125.400
AMARILLO 127.850
OTHER 127.850
AMARILLO 285.475
OTHER 285.475
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAB
Mag var:
8° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:54 UTC