Tradewind Airport satellite view
📍 Amarillo⬆ 3,649 ft2 runways
KTDW · TDW

Tradewind Airport

35.16990°N
-101.82600°W
ARR / DAY
29
0.5%
DEP / DAY
39
10.3%

Tradewind Airport (KTDW/TDW) is a small general aviation airport located in Amarillo, TX. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,098 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 29 arrivals and 39 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

17
77% of ops
1,162 land · 1,514 TO
35
13% of ops
193 land · 210 TO
23
8% of ops
125 land · 30 TO
05
1% of ops
22 land · 4 TO
Runway 17 carries 77% of operations (1,162 landings, 1,514 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

17 1,162 landings
UA 12%GA 0.2%
35 193 landings
UA 8%
23 125 landings
UA 14%
05 22 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 17 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (143 UA events from 1,162 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
59.4
flights/day · 1,783 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 59.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (58.1 vs 62.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 1,245 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 119.500
APCH 121.150
APCH 307.000
APCH 307.900
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.475
CD/P 125.400
OTHER 125.400
AMARILLO 127.850
OTHER 127.850
AMARILLO 285.475
OTHER 285.475
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAB
Mag var:
8° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

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 17:17 UTC