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📍 Huntersville⬆ 649 ft1 runways
NC05 ·

Bradford Field Airport

35.40870°N
-80.79420°W
ARR / DAY
3
▲ 46.7%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 61.5%

Bradford Field Airport (NC05) is a small general aviation airport located in Huntersville, NC. It features 1 runway measuring 3,850 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KCLT, 16 mi away (NC05 does not publish METAR)

55m ago
Temp
45°F
Wind
6 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KCLT 110852Z 34006KT 9SM SCT250 07/06 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP177 T00720061 58006

Runways

1 installed

3,850 FT MAX
06/24
3,850 ft × 150
GRE○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

24
52% of ops
53 land · 6 TO
06
48% of ops
49 land · 12 TO
Runway 24 carries 52% of operations (53 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

24 53 landings
UA 6%
06 49 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 24 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 53 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
4.6
flights/day · 137 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 7pm · 8pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (6.6 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 98 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Elevation:
649 ft
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

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 09:47 UTC