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Avery County Morrison Field

35.94460°N
-81.99570°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
85.7%

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)

55m ago
Temp
74°F
Wind
3 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHKY 260253Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM BKN048 OVC065 23/21 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02330211 53001 $

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
75% of ops
49 land · 0 TO
17
23% of ops
15 land · 19 TO
35A
2% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
Runway 35 carries 75% of operations (49 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

35 49 landings
UA 0%
17 15 landings
UA 0%
35A 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 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
1.4
flights/day · 41 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 12pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (1.8 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% 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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