Gilliam - MC Connell Airfield
BQ1 · Carthage, North Carolina · Moore County · map
Gilliam - MC Connell Airfield is a public-use airport, 1 mile southwest of Carthage, North Carolina, 445 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,538 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BQ1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 445 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to sunset
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2000
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,538 × 36 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 13: trees 20 ft high 262 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 300 ft, trees 57 ft high 206 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Carthage from the FAA register
33 aircraft are registered to owners in Carthage, North Carolina: 31 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR. rite traffic runway 31.
- 80+ feet trees North, south, and east of airport.
- CK for hangar available.
- Runway 13 has 27 feet trees 0-200 feet from thld offset 86 feet right of centerline and 40 feet trees 72 feet from thld offset 100 feet left of centerline.
- Runway 31 has 44 feet trees 161 feet from thld offset 80 feet right of centerline and 46 feet trees 0-200 feet from thld offset 70 feet left of centerline.
- Runway 31 displaced thld marked with 4 feet wide white stripe.
- Runway 31 at displaced threshold 1:1 due to 57 feet trees 293 feet from end offset 63 feet left of centerline.
- Grass area marked with yellow cones.
- Helicopters should land on grass area southeast of the compass rose adjacent to runway 31 nrs.
- Due to const and residential use men and eqpt on and in the vicinity of airport and vehicular traffic xng aircraft mov areas.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.