KHQU — Thomson/Mcduffie County
Thomson, GA · field elevation 501 ft · NON-ATCT
KHQU current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KHQU 111155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3018 RMK AO2
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,367 ft · pressure altitude 241 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 1,400–1,400 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KHQU — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KHQU — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 33.52973, -82.51695
- Elevation
- 501 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1050Z / 0020Z
- Magnetic variation
- -4° (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A+
- Sectional
- Atlanta
- County
- Mc Duffie, GA
Everything else KHQU publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,514 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
- Approach
- 124.45
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS), VOR/DME
- 5 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KIIY Washington/Wilkes County21 nm
- KDNL Daniel Fld24 nm
- KAGS Augusta Rgnl At Bush Fld29 nm
- KCPP Greene County Rgnl31 nm
- KEBA Elbert County-Patz Fld37 nm
- KAIK Aiken Rgnl42 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KHQU airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Georgia 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.