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St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field

38.73290°N
-89.80660°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

From KSTL, 30 mi away (K3K6 does not publish METAR)

26m ago
Temp
92°F
Wind
12 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSTL 271651Z COR 24012G21KT 10SM FEW250 33/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP102 T03330244

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
61% of ops
109 land · 94 TO
13
39% of ops
71 land · 34 TO
Runway 31 carries 61% of operations (109 landings, 94 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

31 109 landings
UA 6%
13 71 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 31 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 109 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
3.0
flights/day · 90 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 12pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (4.0 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 89 flights). Top three types: , , .
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