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Harriman and West Airport

42.69590°N
-73.17040°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 33.3%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 87.5%

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 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
3 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAQW 300652Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM BKN018 OVC043 13/12 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01330122

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

29
68% of ops
15 land · 3 TO
11
32% of ops
7 land · 3 TO
Runway 29 carries 68% of operations (15 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

29 15 landings
UA 0%
11 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 15 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
1.5
flights/day · 44 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 9pm · 8pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.8 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

10 · 23%
6 · 14%
4 · 9%
3 · 7%
2 · 5%
2 · 5%
Activity is led by (23% of 43 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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