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📍 North Adams⬆ 654 ft1 runways
KAQW ·

Harriman and West Airport

42.69590°N
-73.17040°W
ARR / DAY
1
14.3%
DEP / DAY
1
55.0%

Harriman and West Airport (KAQW) is a small general aviation airport located in North Adams, MA, 30 mi east of Albany. It features 1 runway measuring 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

44m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
4 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAQW 141952Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM -RA BKN090 OVC110 23/16 A3006 RMK AO2 RAB34 SLP177 P0000 T02280161

Runways

1 installed

4,300 FT MAX
11/29
4,300 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

11
62% of ops
24 land · 8 TO
29
38% of ops
15 land · 11 TO
Runway 11 carries 62% of operations (24 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

11 24 landings
UA 0%
29 15 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 11 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 24 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
1.9
flights/day · 58 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 1pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.1 vs 2.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 50 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 132.825
APCH 307.200
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 134.775
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
14° W
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Noreaster
1/12/2025
Wounderful destination...
Nestled next to Massachusetts highest peak, Mt Greylock, the operations building has 24 hr access to facilities, S.S. 100LL and parking. No additional fees that I'm aware of.
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