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Pryor Field Regional Airport

34.65270°N
-86.94540°W
ARR / DAY
1
88.2%
DEP / DAY
1
87.3%

Pryor Field Regional Airport (KDCU/DCU) is a small general aviation airport located in Decatur, AL, 21 mi west of Huntsville. It features 1 runway measuring 6,107 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 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

6,107 FT MAX
18/36
6,107 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

36
60% of ops
164 land · 72 TO
18
40% of ops
110 land · 140 TO
Runway 36 carries 60% of operations (164 landings, 72 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

36 164 landings
UA 4%
18 110 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 36 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 164 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
10.4
flights/day · 313 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 10.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (8.9 vs 11.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 210 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075
APCH 118.050
APCH 239.000
UNICOM 123.075
ASOS 118.375
HUNTSVIL 120.800
OTHER 120.800
DECATUR 122.600
OTHER 122.600
HUNTSVIL 307.000
OTHER 307.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Elevation:
592 ft
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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