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K3M8 ·

North Pickens Airport

33.38680°N

-88.00660°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

North Pickens Airport (K3M8) is a small general aviation airport located in Reform, AL, 28 mi north west of Tuscaloosa. It features 1 runway measuring 5,144 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KTCL, 26 mi away (K3M8 does not publish METAR)

31m ago

Temp

78°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KTCL 140953Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 26/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02560244

Runways

1 installed

5,144 FT MAX

01/19

5,144 ft × 80

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

60% of ops

15 land · 0 TO

40% of ops

10 land · 1 TO

Runway 01 carries 60% of operations (15 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

01 15 landings

UA 0%

19 10 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 01 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 15 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

1.6

flights/day · 47 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 2pm · 6pm

Day vs night

62%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (0.6 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 47 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—
APCH	135.600	—
APCH	323.275	—
COLUMBUS	127.100	—
OTHER	127.100	—
COLUMBUS	269.400	—
OTHER	269.400	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZME
Mag var:: 1° W
Fuel:: 100LL

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