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Avery County Morrison Field

35.94460°N
-81.99570°W
ARR / DAY
0
62.5%
DEP / DAY
0
75.0%

Avery County Morrison Field (K7A8) is a small general aviation airport located in Spruce Pine, NC, 82 mi north west of Charlotte. It features 1 runway measuring 3,001 feet.

Current weather

From KHKY, 37 mi away (K7A8 does not publish METAR)

47m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHKY 150353Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP199 T02220194 $

Runways

1 installed

3,001 FT MAX
17D/35A
3,001 ft × 60
ASPH-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

35
79% of ops
49 land · 1 TO
17
21% of ops
13 land · 39 TO
Runway 35 carries 79% of operations (49 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

35 49 landings
UA 4%
17 13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 49 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)
10pm
also 12pm · 3pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–10pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.2 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 84 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
HICKORY 125.150
OTHER 125.150
HICKORY 263.000
OTHER 263.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+
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