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KMDQ ·

Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr Field

34.86140°N
-86.55750°W
ARR / DAY
18
▲ 8.7%
DEP / DAY
22
▲ 26.4%

Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr Field (KMDQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Huntsville, AL. It features 1 runway measuring 5,008 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 18 arrivals and 22 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMDQ 102055Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM CLR 22/02 A3011 RMK A02 T02200019

Runways

1 installed

5,008 FT MAX
18/36
5,008 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
54% of ops
332 land · 364 TO
36
46% of ops
285 land · 314 TO
Runway 18 carries 54% of operations (332 landings, 364 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

18 332 landings
UA 5%
36 285 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 18 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (17 UA events from 332 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
35.5
flights/day · 1,064 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 35.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (36.8 vs 36.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 764 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 125.600 —
APCH 354.100 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 120.000 —
HUNTSVIL 120.800 —
OTHER 120.800 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
HUNTSVIL 307.000 —
OTHER 307.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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