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NC05 ·

Bradford Field Airport

35.40870°N

-80.79420°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Bradford Field Airport (NC05) is a small general aviation airport located in Huntersville, NC. It features 1 runway measuring 3,850 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KIPJ, 21 mi away (NC05 does not publish METAR)

38m ago

Temp

84°F

Wind

3 kts

180°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KIPJ 082035Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 29/15 A3026 RMK AO2 T02890150

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

50% of ops

83 land · 3 TO

50% of ops

82 land · 15 TO

Runway 24 carries 50% of operations (83 landings, 3 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 83 landings

UA 23%

06 82 landings

UA 18%

Approaches to 24 show a 23% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 83 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 · 138 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 3pm · 1pm

Day vs night

70%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (4.1 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 111 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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