Rutherford County/Marchman Field
FQD · KFQD · Rutherfordton, North Carolina · Rutherford County · map
Rutherford County/Marchman Field is a public-use airport owned by Rutherford County Arpt Auth, 3 miles north of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, 1,077 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FQD · ICAO KFQD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rutherford County Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 1,077 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1975
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 59 ft high 1,891 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 22 ft high 470 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.4 | |
| Fqd and aWOS-3 | 118.275 | |
| Sugarloaf Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 828-287-6498.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Rutherfordton from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Rutherfordton, North Carolina: 17 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 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 · 5 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
- Runway 01 has 100 feet DROP-OFF 315 feet from threshold offset 140 feet rite and 160 feet L of centerline; and 100 feet DROP-OFF 700-900 feet alg centerline offset 80 feet rite.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 01 and 19; PAPI runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL and jet a 24 self service fuel available with credit card.
- Deer in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway a twd runway 01 has 30 feet DROP-OFF 60 feet rite of centerline.
- Runway 19 has 12 feet unmkd power lines 440 feet from threshold both sides of centerline.
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.