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K3K6 ·
St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field
38.73290°N
-89.80660°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
34.5%
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 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KALN, 17 mi away (K3K6 does not publish METAR)
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
13/31
2,662 ft × 50
ASP● LIT
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
31
53% of ops
60 land · 46 TO
13
47% of ops
53 land · 34 TO
Runway 31 carries 53% of operations (60 landings, 46 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 47%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
31
60 landings
UA 12%
13
53 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 31 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 60 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
4.8
flights/day · 145 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 8pm · 2pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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