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St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field

38.73290°N
-89.80660°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 62.1%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 62.5%

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 7 days.

Current weather

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

33m ago
Temp
50°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KALN 201035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3035 RMK AO2 T01020075

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
52% of ops
48 land · 31 TO
31
48% of ops
45 land · 27 TO
Runway 13 carries 52% of operations (48 landings, 31 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

13 48 landings
UA 19%
31 45 landings
UA 22%
Approaches to 13 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 48 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
4.1
flights/day · 123 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (5.9 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 117 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 11:08 UTC