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Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field Airfield

32.94010°N
-88.57920°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 14.3%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 112.5%

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 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

13
97% of ops
29 land · 1 TO
31
3% of ops
1 land · 5 TO
Runway 13 carries 97% of operations (29 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 3%.

Approach quality

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

13 29 landings
UA 3%
31 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 29 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
2.2
flights/day · 65 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.5 vs 2.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 65 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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