KHQU — Thomson/Mcduffie County
Thomson, GA · field elevation 501 ft · NON-ATCT
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KHQU current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KHQU 100255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3016 RMK AO2
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 9 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.16 inHg
- Density altitude
- -390 ft · pressure altitude 261 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
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Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 4,000–4,000 ft.
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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
- 1157Z / 2230Z
- Magnetic variation
- 4°W (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
- 3 approaches — RNAV (GPS), VOR/DME
- 5 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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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.