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K4A6 ·

Scottsboro Municipal Word Field

34.68870°N

-86.00590°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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 5,240 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago

Temp

84°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K4A6 270135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/28 A2993 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

69% of ops

47 land · 3 TO

31% of ops

21 land · 23 TO

Runway 22 carries 69% of operations (47 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

22 47 landings

UA 0%

04 21 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 47 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

1.3

flights/day · 38 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 3pm · 8pm

Day vs night

68%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.2 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

8 · 23%

4 · 11%

2 · 6%

Activity is led by (23% of 35 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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