Huntsville Executive Tom Sharp JR Field
MDQ · KMDQ · Huntsville, Alabama · Madison County · map
Huntsville Executive Tom Sharp JR Field is a public-use airport owned by Madison CO Exec Arpt Auth, 1 mile northeast of Huntsville, Alabama, 763 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMDQ · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 49°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 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 KMDQ 062015Z AUTO 10SM CLR 29/10 A3001 RMK A02 T02900097
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 MDQ · ICAO KMDQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Madison CO Exec Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 763 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 9:30 pm; weekends, 7:30 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 39 ft high 1,074 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.6 | |
| Mdq and aWOS-3PT | 120.000 | |
| Huntsville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.8 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 121.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 256-829-1242.
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 Huntsville from the FAA register
205 aircraft are registered to owners in Huntsville, Alabama: 142 piston singles, 17 drones, 13 turboprops, 11 piston twins, 6 business jets. 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 Alabama.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 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
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through Huntsville approach and anniston Flight Service.
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Tom Sharp.
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.