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📍 Sylva⬆ 2,857 ft1 runways

K24A ·

Jackson County Airport

35.31740°N

-83.20990°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Jackson County Airport (K24A) is a small general aviation airport located in Sylva, NC, 60 mi south east of Knoxville. It features 1 runway measuring 3,210 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

26m ago

Temp

81°F

Wind

6 kts

300°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K24A 271715Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02650200

Runways

1 installed

3,210 FT MAX

15/33

3,210 ft × 60

ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

61% of ops

38 land · 12 TO

39% of ops

24 land · 12 TO

Runway 33 carries 61% of operations (38 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

33 38 landings

UA 0%

15 24 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 33 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 38 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

1.2

flights/day · 37 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 6pm · 7pm

Day vs night

81%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.1 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

5 · 14%

4 · 11%

3 · 8%

Activity is led by (14% of 37 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.000	—
UNICOM	123.000	—
AWOS	118.900	—
MOUNT OG	134.800	—
OTHER	134.800	—
MOUNT OG	379.950	—
OTHER	379.950	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Elevation:: 2,857 ft
Mag var:: 5° W
Fuel:: 100LL

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