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KFQD — Rutherford County/Marchman Fld
Rutherfordton, NC · field elevation 1,077 ft · NON-ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KFQD current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KFQD 111155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3013 RMK AO2
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 20 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,784 ft · pressure altitude 867 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KFQD — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KFQD — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 35.42822, -81.93508
- Elevation
- 1,077 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1044Z / 0021Z
- Magnetic variation
- -5° (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Charlotte
- County
- Rutherford, NC
Everything else KFQD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,000 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
- Approach
- 119.4
Published procedures
- 3 approaches — LE, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KEHO Shelby-Cleveland County Rgnl19 nm
- KMRN Foothills Rgnl28 nm
- KAVL Asheville Rgnl30 nm
- KSPA Spartanburg Downtown Meml/Simpson Fld31 nm
- KHKY Hickory Rgnl33 nm
- KGSP Greenville Spartanburg Intl35 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KFQD airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other North Carolina airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.