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NC05 ·

Bradford Field Airport

35.40870°N

-80.79420°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 17.4%

DEP / DAY

▼ 53.8%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KIPJ, 21 mi away (NC05 does not publish METAR)

53m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

3 kts

270°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KIPJ 262155Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 25/06 A2991 RMK AO2 T02520059

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

60% of ops

53 land · 2 TO

40% of ops

35 land · 6 TO

Runway 24 carries 60% of operations (53 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

24 53 landings

UA 30%

06 35 landings

UA 29%

Approaches to 24 show a 30% unstable-approach rate (16 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

4.1

flights/day · 123 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 7pm · 9pm

Day vs night

63%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–9pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.9 vs 4.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 97 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Elevation:: 649 ft
Mag var:: 5° W
Fuel:: 100LL

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