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KN52 ·

Jaars Townsend Airport

34.86380°N
-80.74800°W
ARR / DAY
1
46.7%
DEP / DAY
2
8.3%

Jaars Townsend Airport (KN52) is a small general aviation airport located in Waxhaw, NC, 26 mi south of Charlotte. It features 1 runway measuring 3,309 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,309 FT MAX
04/22
3,309 ft × 40
ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

22
68% of ops
52 land · 17 TO
04
32% of ops
24 land · 35 TO
Runway 22 carries 68% of operations (52 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

22 52 landings
UA 19%
04 24 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 52 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
3.9
flights/day · 117 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 3.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.8 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (60% of 114 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
APCH 120.050
APCH 307.800
UNICOM 123.000
RASLN ST 126.150
OTHER 126.150
JOOLS ST 135.600
OTHER 135.600
RASLN ST 282.325
OTHER 282.325
JOOLS ST 377.150
OTHER 377.150
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Elevation:
602 ft
Mag var:
7° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 23:53 UTC