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📍 Carthage⬆ 445 ft1 runways

5NC3 ·

Gilliam-Mc Connell Airfield

35.34170°N

-79.43690°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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 2,538 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KPOB, 27 mi away (5NC3 does not publish METAR)

39m ago

Temp

88°F

Wind

7 kts

200°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KPOB 281855Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM BKN140 31/23 A2971 RMK AO2 RAB11E12DZB12E29 SLP061 P0000 T03090230 $

Runways

1 installed

2,538 FT MAX

13/31

2,538 ft × 36

ASPH-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

59% of ops

34 land · 7 TO

41% of ops

24 land · 15 TO

Runway 31 carries 59% of operations (34 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

31 34 landings

UA 12%

13 24 landings

UA 29%

Approaches to 31 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 34 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

2.5

flights/day · 75 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 3pm · 5pm

Day vs night

92%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 2.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.6× weekday (4.6 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 65 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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