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KTDW · TDW

Tradewind Airport

35.16990°N
-101.82600°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

17
72% of ops
1,356 land · 1,747 TO
35
17% of ops
326 land · 364 TO
23
9% of ops
162 land · 40 TO
05
2% of ops
34 land · 8 TO
Runway 17 carries 72% of operations (1,356 landings, 1,747 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

17 1,356 landings
UA 13%GA 0.3%
35 326 landings
UA 7%
23 162 landings
UA 14%
05 34 landings
UA 24%
Approaches to 17 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (183 UA events from 1,356 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
44.5
flights/day · 1,336 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 44.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (54.0 vs 43.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 945 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
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