Concord-Padgett Regional
JQF · KJQF · Concord, North Carolina · Cabarrus County · map
Concord-Padgett Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Concord, 7 miles west of Concord, North Carolina, 704 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 7,402 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KJQF · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KJQF 062155Z 03003KT 10SM SCT050 23/11 A3010
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 JQF · ICAO KJQF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Concord
- Elevation
- 704 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1993
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 7,402 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, excellent | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 13 ft high 281 ft from the end
- Runway 20: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 650 ft, 6,350 ft available for landing, trees 127 ft high 3,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 134.65 | Concord |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Jqf and aWOS-3 | 133.675 | Concord |
| Clearance delivery | 118.55 | Concord |
| Clearance delivery | 127.25 | Concord |
| Ground | 121.85 | Concord |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) | 128.325 | Concord |
| Kabee and star | 126.15 | Concord |
| Jools and star | 135.6 | Concord |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 704-785-2145.
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 Concord from the FAA register
116 aircraft are registered to owners in Concord, North Carolina: 80 piston singles, 15 business jets, 12 piston twins, 6 turboprops, 2 helicopters. 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 · 7 since 1982, 1 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
- When the control tower closed; tdzl runway 20; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and runway end identifier lights runway 02 preset low intst. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 20; runway end identifier lights runway 02; tdzl runway 20; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 02 and 20 oper continuously.
- Grooved full length asphalt.
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.