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Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr Field

34.86140°N
-86.55750°W
ARR / DAY
13
30.2%
DEP / DAY
18
15.1%

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 13 arrivals and 18 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMDQ 121415Z AUTO 10SM SCT048 OVC060 28/21 A3006 RMK A02 T02790213

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
62% of ops
565 land · 512 TO
18
38% of ops
340 land · 564 TO
Runway 36 carries 62% of operations (565 landings, 512 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

36 565 landings
UA 5%
18 340 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (26 UA events from 565 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
26.8
flights/day · 804 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 2pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 26.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (18.8 vs 31.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 663 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 19:58 UTC