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Jaars Townsend Airport

34.86380°N
-80.74800°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 50.0%

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 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KCLT, 27 mi away (KN52 does not publish METAR)

24m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
16 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KCLT 171952Z 01016G23KT 10SM SCT050 17/05 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP242 T01720050

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
79% of ops
74 land · 31 TO
04
21% of ops
20 land · 43 TO
Runway 22 carries 79% of operations (74 landings, 31 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

22 74 landings
UA 5%
04 20 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 22 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 74 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
6.5
flights/day · 195 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 6.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (2.9 vs 8.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 178 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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