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Mesquite Metro Airport

32.74700°N
-96.53040°W
ARR / DAY
24
17.0%
DEP / DAY
23
23.8%

Mesquite Metro Airport (KHQZ) is a small general aviation airport located in Mesquite, TX. It features 1 runway measuring 5,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 24 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KLUD, 70 mi away (KHQZ does not publish METAR)

50m ago
Temp
100°F
Wind
11 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KLUD 282035Z AUTO 13011G17KT 10SM CLR 38/18 A2985 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,999 FT MAX
17/35
5,999 ft × 100
CON● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

17
92% of ops
1,452 land · 1,508 TO
35
8% of ops
120 land · 47 TO
Runway 17 carries 92% of operations (1,452 landings, 1,508 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 8%.

Approach quality

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

17 1,452 landings
UA 4%
35 120 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 17 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (53 UA events from 1,452 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
46.3
flights/day · 1,390 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 46.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (52.1 vs 46.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 1,148 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 120.300
TWR 120.300 0700-2100
GND 118.850 0700-2100
APCH 125.200
APCH 343.650
UNICOM 123.050
AWOS 118.175
OTHER 118.100
GREGS ST 118.100
JFRYE ST 118.100
HERBZ ST 118.100
LCL/P 120.300 0700-2100
OTHER 124.300
DALLAS A 124.300
NANDR RN 124.300
FINGR ST 124.300
OTHER 125.025
SLANT ST 125.025
LOADS ST 125.025
EESAT ST 125.025
OTHER 125.200
BOTCH DP 125.200
JOE POOL 125.200
YEAGR ST 125.200
GARLAND 125.200
NANDR RN 125.200
DALLAS A 125.200
OTHER 125.275
SLANT ST 125.275
LOADS ST 125.275
EESAT ST 125.275
FINGR ST 125.275
OTHER 135.975
SWVAY ST 135.975
OTHER 282.275
DALLAS A 282.275
NANDR RN 282.275
FINGR ST 282.275
OTHER 306.950
JFRYE ST 306.950
HERBZ ST 306.950
GREGS ST 306.950
OTHER 308.400
LOADS ST 308.400
EESAT ST 308.400
SLANT ST 308.400
FINGR ST 308.400
OTHER 343.650
JOE POOL 343.650
DALLAS A 343.650
YEAGR ST 343.650
NANDR RN 343.650
BOTCH DP 343.650
GARLAND 343.650
OTHER 379.900
SWVAY ST 379.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:25 UTC