FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 DECEMBER 2019
Location
FAA Identifier: | MDQ |
Lat/Long: | 34-51-33.7000N 086-33-27.1000W 34-51.561667N 086-33.451667W 34.8593611,-86.5575278 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 763.5 ft. / 232.7 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 04W (2015) |
From city: | 1 mile NE of HUNTSVILLE, AL |
Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 35759 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MEMPHIS CENTER |
FSS: | ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | MDQ (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | SAT-SUN 0730-2000, ALL MON-FRI 0730-2130 FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL 256-603-9345. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REILS RWY 18/36; PAPI RWY 18/36 AND MIRL RWY 18/36- CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
WX AWOS-3PT: | 120.000 (256-829-1242) |
HUNTSVILLE APPROACH: | 125.6 [0600-0000] |
HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE: | 125.6 [0600-0000] |
WX AWOS-3 at FYM (12 nm N): | 135.275 (931-433-5916) |
WX ASOS at HSV (17 nm SW): | PHONE 256-772-8074 |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MEMPHIS ARTCC ON FREQS 120.8/307.7 (HUNTSVILLE RCAG) WHEN HUNTSVILLE APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
RQZr043/5.3 | | ROCKET VORTAC | | 112.20 | | 02E |
DCUr057/22.7 | | DECATUR VOR/DME | | 112.80 | | 01W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
REDSTONE | | 038/11.6 | | 287 | | 04W | | HUA | .... ..- .- |
BURWI | | 206/39.3 | | 332 | | 03W | | ULH | ..- .-.. .... |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | LOW |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 6500 x 100 ft. / 1981 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 60.0 | Double wheel: | 75.0 | Double tandem: | 140.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Latitude: | 34-52.096833N | | 34-51.025505N |
Longitude: | 086-33.440295W | | 086-33.461413W |
Elevation: | 718.9 ft. | | 763.5 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
Runway heading: | 185 magnetic, 181 true | | 005 magnetic, 001 true |
Markings: | precision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Instrument approach: | ILS/DME | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | MADISON CO EXEC ARPT AUTH PO BOX 110 MERIDIANVILLE, AL 35759 Phone 256-828-3883 TOM SHARP. |
Manager: | RAY MEYER 358 BOLLING RD MERIDIANVILLE, AL 35759 Phone 256-828-1403 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 106 | Single engine airplanes: | | 94 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 10 | Jet airplanes: | | 2 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 94/day * | 49% | transient general aviation | 44% | local general aviation | 5% | air taxi | 2% | military | * for 12-month period ending 16 October 2017 | |
Additional Remarks
- | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU HSV APCH & ANB FSS. |
- | FOR CD IF UNA VIA GCO CTC MEMPHIS ARTCC AT 901-368-8453. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 05 December 2019 at 0900Z to 02 January 2020 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
ILS OR LOC RWY 18 **CHANGED** | |
download (239KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (197KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (221KB) |
VOR-B | |
download (170KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (67KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (408KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KFYM - Fayetteville Municipal Airport (12 nm N)
KHUA - Redstone Army Airfield (13 nm SW)
KHSV - Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (17 nm SW)
KDCU - Pryor Field Regional Airport (23 nm SW)
4A6 - Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field (29 nm E)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Marty Sellers sellersphoto.com
Photo taken 26-Aug-2017
looking north.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 11-Dec-2019
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:17 | | 12:17 |
Sunrise | | 06:45 | | 12:45 |
Sunset | | 16:34 | | 22:34 |
Evening civil twilight | | 17:02 | | 23:02 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 11-Dec-2019 23:35:03 |
Local (UTC-6) | 11-Dec-2019 17:35:03 |
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METAR |
KMDQ | 112315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/00 A3050 RMK A02 T00350001
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KFYM 12nm N | 112315Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 05/M04 A3048 RMK A01
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KHUA 13nm SW | 112258Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 06/M04 A3049 RMK AO2 SLPNO T00581037
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KHSV 17nm SW | 112253Z 05004KT 10SM CLR 06/M03 A3050 RMK AO2 SLP330 T00561028
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TAF |
KHSV 17nm SW | 111720Z 1118/1218 01006KT P6SM SKC FM112300 VRB04KT P6SM SKC FM121300 10006KT P6SM SKC FM121600 11008G16KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
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