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Gilliam-Mc Connell Airfield

35.34170°N

-79.43690°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Gilliam-Mc Connell Airfield (5NC3) is a small general aviation airport located in Carthage, NC, 37 mi north west of Fayetteville. It features 1 runway measuring 2,090 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KTTA, 25 mi away (5NC3 does not publish METAR)

36m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

4 kts

300°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KTTA 121315Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A2996 RMK AO2 T02510195

Runways

1 installed

2,090 FT MAX

13/31

2,090 ft × 36

ASPH-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

60% of ops

70 land · 26 TO

40% of ops

46 land · 11 TO

Runway 31 carries 60% of operations (70 landings, 26 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

31 70 landings

UA 9%

13 46 landings

UA 2%

Approaches to 31 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 70 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

4.2

flights/day · 126 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 4pm · 3pm

Day vs night

90%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (5.4 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 99 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Elevation:: 581 ft

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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