KHQU Thomson/McDuffie County Airport
Thomson, GA · 4 miles N of THOMSON, GA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KHQU
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 501.3 ft
- Coordinates
- 33-31-47.0300N 082-31-01.0300W
- Lat / Long
- 33.5297306, -82.5169528
- Mag. variation
- 04W (1995)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- MCN (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0800-1700
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT PAPI RWY 10 & 28; HIRL RWY 10/28 - CTAF.
Airport diagram
Range from KHQU
Runways
Longest 5,514 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5514 x 100 ft. / 1681 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 30.0
Runway 10
- Heading
- 097 magnetic, 093 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Declared distances
- TORA:5514 TODA:5514 ASDA:5514 LDA:5215
- Markings
- precision, in fair condition
- Displaced threshold
- 299 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 448.5 ft.
- Obstructions
- 103 ft. trees, 2878 ft. from runway, 57 ft. left of centerline, 26:1 slope to clear
Runway 28
- Heading
- 277 magnetic, 273 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5514 TODA:5514 ASDA:5373 LDA:5179
- Markings
- precision, in fair condition
- Displaced threshold
- 194 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 501.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 83 ft. trees, 1694 ft. from runway, 212 ft. right of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 7
Approaches — IAP 4
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
- 120.625 (706-597-9801)
- Augusta Approach
- 124.45 [0600-0000]
- Augusta Departure
- 124.45 [0600-0000]
- Instrument Approach
- ILS
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A+
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MINOR
- Powerplant service
- MINOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.