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Thomson-McDuffie County Airport

33.52970°N
-82.51650°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 44.4%
DEP / DAY
6
▲ 31.3%

Thomson-McDuffie County Airport (KHQU) is a small general aviation airport located in Thomson, GA, 58 mi south east of Athens. It features 1 runway measuring 5,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
8 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KHQU 192035Z AUTO 04008KT 10SM CLR 20/M01 A3032 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,200 FT MAX
10/28
5,200 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

28
68% of ops
70 land · 27 TO
10
32% of ops
33 land · 43 TO
Runway 28 carries 68% of operations (70 landings, 27 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

28 70 landings
UA 11%
10 33 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 28 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (8 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
7.8
flights/day · 234 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 9pm · 3pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 7.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (4.8 vs 9.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 206 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 124.450 —
APCH 270.300 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 120.625 —
OTHER 128.100 —
AUGUSTA 128.100 —
OTHER 322.325 —
AUGUSTA 322.325 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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