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Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr Field

34.86140°N
-86.55750°W
ARR / DAY
24
4.3%
DEP / DAY
29
14.7%

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 24 arrivals and 29 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMDQ 150555Z AUTO 10SM CLR 26/24 A3016 RMK A02 T02570244 10321 20254

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

36
64% of ops
540 land · 469 TO
18
36% of ops
310 land · 516 TO
Runway 36 carries 64% of operations (540 landings, 469 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

36 540 landings
UA 5%
18 310 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (25 UA events from 540 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
28.8
flights/day · 863 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 28.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (18.8 vs 34.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 704 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 20:28 UTC