Tradewind Airport satellite view
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KTDW · TDW

Tradewind Airport

35.16990°N
-101.82600°W
ARR / DAY
29
1.0%
DEP / DAY
38
2.2%

Tradewind Airport (KTDW/TDW) is a small general aviation airport located in Amarillo, TX. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,099 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 29 arrivals and 38 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAMA, 8 mi away (KTDW does not publish METAR)

21m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
15 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KAMA 051653Z 17015G27KT 10SM CLR 33/14 A3010 RMK AO2 PK WND 18027/1651 SLP128 T03280139

Runway intelligence

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

17
79% of ops
2,076 land · 2,754 TO
35
10% of ops
271 land · 245 TO
23
9% of ops
238 land · 63 TO
05
2% of ops
49 land · 11 TO
Runway 17 carries 79% of operations (2,076 landings, 2,754 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 10%.

Approach quality

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

17 2,076 landings
UA 14%
35 271 landings
UA 13%
23 238 landings
UA 15%
05 49 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (282 UA events from 2,076 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
60.8
flights/day · 1,825 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 60.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (56.6 vs 65.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 1,292 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 17:14 UTC