Thomson/Mcduffie County
HQU · KHQU · Thomson, Georgia · Mc Duffie County · map
Thomson/Mcduffie County is a public-use airport owned by Thomson City & Mcduffie CO, 4 miles north of Thomson, Georgia, 501 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,514 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KHQU · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHQU 062015Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM CLR 27/13 A3007 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HQU · ICAO KHQU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Thomson City & Mcduffie CO
- Elevation
- 501 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,514 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 299 ft, 5,215 ft available for landing, trees 103 ft high 2,878 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 194 ft, 5,179 ft available for landing, trees 83 ft high 1,694 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.45 | |
| Hqu and aWOS-3 | 120.625 | |
| Augusta and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 706-597-9801.
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 Thomson from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Thomson, Georgia: 13 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins. 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 Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 3 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
- Deer on runway at night.
- Activate PAPI runway 10 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Mcduffie County - 210 rail road street, Thomson, general aviation 30824.
- 50 feet trees 480 feet right at 0 feet - 200 feet from runway end.
- Rco relay frequency 124.45 avail for gnd use.
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.