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📍 Huntersville⬆ 649 ft1 runways
NC05 ·

Bradford Field Airport

35.40870°N
-80.79420°W
ARR / DAY
3
13.6%
DEP / DAY
1
10.0%

Bradford Field Airport (NC05) is a small general aviation airport located in Huntersville, NC. It features 1 runway measuring 3,850 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KHKY, 41 mi away (NC05 does not publish METAR)

32m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
3 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHKY 250753Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP161 T01720150

Runways

1 installed

3,850 FT MAX
06/24
3,850 ft × 150
GRE○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

24
50% of ops
53 land · 2 TO
06
50% of ops
52 land · 6 TO
Runway 24 carries 50% of operations (53 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 50%.

Approach quality

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

24 53 landings
UA 28%
06 52 landings
UA 25%
Approaches to 24 show a 28% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 53 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
4.6
flights/day · 139 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (4.4 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 108 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Elevation:
649 ft
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 08:25 UTC