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St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field

38.73290°N
-89.80660°W
ARR / DAY
2
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

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 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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

13
51% of ops
105 land · 51 TO
31
49% of ops
102 land · 84 TO
Runway 13 carries 51% of operations (105 landings, 51 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

13 105 landings
UA 17%
31 102 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 13 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 105 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
4.9
flights/day · 148 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12pm · 1pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (5.6 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 136 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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