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Scottsboro Municipal Word Field

34.68870°N
-86.00590°W
ARR / DAY
1
80.0%
DEP / DAY
2
57.1%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22m ago
Temp
99°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K4A6 062115Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM SCT060 SCT080 SCT110 37/23 A2982 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

22
51% of ops
27 land · 14 TO
04
49% of ops
26 land · 16 TO
Runway 22 carries 51% of operations (27 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

22 27 landings
UA 0%
04 26 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 27 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
2.2
flights/day · 67 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.5 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 58 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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