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Scottsboro Municipal Word Field

34.68870°N
-86.00590°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
66.7%

Scottsboro Municipal Word Field (K4A6) is a small general aviation airport located in Scottsboro, AL, 33 mi east of Huntsville. It features 1 runway measuring 5,240 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K4A6 290355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/27 A2980 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,240 FT MAX
04/22
5,240 ft × 80
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

22
62% of ops
29 land · 5 TO
04
38% of ops
18 land · 13 TO
Runway 22 carries 62% of operations (29 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

22 29 landings
UA 0%
04 18 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 29 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
1.7
flights/day · 52 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 12am
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–4pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.0 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 49 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 120.125
GADSDEN 124.500
OTHER 124.500
GADSDEN 270.325
OTHER 270.325
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL
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