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18TE ·

Alert Field

32.58520°N

-95.06390°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 71.4%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

88% of ops

174 land · 0 TO

12% of ops

23 land · 26 TO

Runway 08 carries 88% of operations (174 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

08 174 landings

UA 0%

26 23 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 174 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

2.7

flights/day · 80 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 5pm · 4pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (2.8 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (10% of 59 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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