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Avery County Morrison Field

35.94460°N
-81.99570°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

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 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
17/35
3,000 ft × 60
ASPH-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

35
36% of ops
9 land · 0 TO
35A
32% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
17
20% of ops
5 land · 7 TO
17D
12% of ops
3 land · 4 TO
Runway 35 carries 36% of operations (9 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35A at 32%.

Approach quality

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

35 9 landings
UA 0%
35A 8 landings
UA 0%
17 5 landings
UA 0%
17D 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 9 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
1.2
flights/day · 37 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (0.8 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (11% of 36 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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