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📍 Big Sandy⬆ 390 ft1 runways
18TE ·

Alert Field

32.58520°N
-95.06390°W
ARR / DAY
2
48.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

Alert Field (18TE) is a small general aviation airport located in Big Sandy, TX, 21 mi north east of Tyler. It features 1 runway measuring 5,093 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

5,093 FT MAX
08/26
5,093 ft × 45
ASPH-G● LITNSTD

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
72% of ops
58 land · 0 TO
26
28% of ops
23 land · 9 TO
Runway 08 carries 72% of operations (58 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 28%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 58 landings
UA 0%
26 23 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 58 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.1
flights/day · 94 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.4 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (20% of 74 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Elevation:
390 ft
Mag var:
4° E
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