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Scottsboro Municipal Word Field

34.68870°N

-86.00590°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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 5,250 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago

Temp

52°F

Wind

7 kts

360°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K4A6 171015Z AUTO 36007G15KT 10SM FEW029 OVC039 11/08 A3027 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,250 FT MAX

04/22

5,250 ft × 80

ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

55% of ops

24 land · 8 TO

45% of ops

20 land · 13 TO

Runway 22 carries 55% of operations (24 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

22 24 landings

UA 0%

04 20 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 24 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

2.8

flights/day · 85 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 1pm · 2pm

Day vs night

69%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.0 vs 2.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 77 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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