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Avery County Morrison Field

35.94460°N
-81.99570°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

From KEHO, 53 mi away (K7A8 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEHO 160555Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM BKN049 20/19 A3033 RMK AO2 T02040192 10245 20204 402730204

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

35A
62% of ops
16 land · 1 TO
35
31% of ops
8 land · 1 TO
17
4% of ops
1 land · 7 TO
17D
4% of ops
1 land · 9 TO
Runway 35A carries 62% of operations (16 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

35A 16 landings
UA 12%
35 8 landings
UA 0%
17 1 landings
UA 0%
17D 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35A show a 12% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 16 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
1.5
flights/day · 46 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 2pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.2 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (12% of 40 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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