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KMDQ ·

Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr Field

34.86140°N
-86.55750°W
ARR / DAY
20
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
30
▲ 50.0%

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 20 arrivals and 30 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
—
—
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMDQ 262055Z AUTO 10SM CLR 29/M01 A3000 RMK A02 T02871009

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
54% of ops
267 land · 207 TO
18
46% of ops
223 land · 281 TO
Runway 36 carries 54% of operations (267 landings, 207 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

36 267 landings
UA 5%
18 223 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 267 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
29.5
flights/day · 885 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 29.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (28.4 vs 31.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 702 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:41 UTC