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K24A ·

Jackson County Airport

35.31740°N
-83.20990°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 71.4%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 26.7%

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 3,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
3 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K24A 121255Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM SCT026 BKN032 OVC038 15/13 A3021 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T01550132

Runways

1 installed

3,003 FT MAX
15/33
3,003 ft × 50
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

15
64% of ops
14 land · 11 TO
33
36% of ops
8 land · 4 TO
Runway 15 carries 64% of operations (14 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

15 14 landings
UA 0%
33 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 15 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 14 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
2.5
flights/day · 75 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 10pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–10pm local, averaging 2.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.2 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 67 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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