Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field Airfield satellite view

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1MS8 ·

Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field Airfield

32.94010°N

-88.57920°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 166.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 37.5%

Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field Airfield (1MS8) is a small general aviation airport located in Shuqualak, MS, 62 mi west of Tuscaloosa. It features 1 runway measuring 6,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KNMM, 27 mi away (1MS8 does not publish METAR)

51m ago

Temp

98°F

Wind

6 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNMM 131856Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW050 37/23 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP173 T03670228

Runways

1 installed

6,300 FT MAX

13/31

6,300 ft × 150

ASPH-CONC○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

81% of ops

56 land · 2 TO

19% of ops

13 land · 4 TO

Runway 13 carries 81% of operations (56 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

13 56 landings

UA 0%

31 13 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 56 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

2.4

flights/day · 71 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 2pm · 8pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.1 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 70 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.700	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZME
Mag var:: 2° E

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