KFQD Rutherford County Airport/Marchman Field
Rutherfordton, NC · 3 miles N of RUTHERFORDTON, NC
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KFQD
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1077.3 ft
- Coordinates
- 35-25-41.6000N 081-56-06.2800W
- Lat / Long
- 35.4282222, -81.9350778
- Mag. variation
- 05W (1995)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 11/1975
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- FQD (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0900-1800
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWY 01 & 19; PAPI RWY 01 & 19; MIRL RWY 01/19 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KFQD
Runways
Longest 5,000 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 50.0
Runway 1
- Heading
- 009 magnetic, 004 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- LOC/DME
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1057.1 ft.
- Obstructions
- 27 ft. trees, 804 ft. from runway, 288 ft. left of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear
Runway 19
- Heading
- 189 magnetic, 184 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.25 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1077.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 24 ft. trees, 327 ft. from runway, 254 ft. right of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.8
- Wx Awos-3
- 118.275 (828-287-6498)
- Greer Approach
- 119.4
- Greer Departure
- 119.4
- Instrument Approach
- LOC/DME
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A1+ 100LL:100LL AND JET A 24 SELF SVC FUEL AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD.
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.