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K3K6 ·

St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field

38.73290°N
-89.80660°W
ARR / DAY
4
8.3%
DEP / DAY
3
4.3%

St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field (K3K6) is a small general aviation airport located in St Jacob, IL, 22 mi east of St. Louis. It features 1 runway measuring 2,662 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KALN, 17 mi away (K3K6 does not publish METAR)

26m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KALN 310555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3001 RMK AO2 T02010172 10294 20195 403390180

Runways

1 installed

2,662 FT MAX
13/31
2,662 ft × 50
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

31
56% of ops
67 land · 43 TO
13
44% of ops
53 land · 42 TO
Runway 31 carries 56% of operations (67 landings, 43 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

31 67 landings
UA 10%
13 53 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 31 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 67 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
5.2
flights/day · 155 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 8pm · 3pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 5.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.4× weekday (9.2 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 142 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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