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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 3,001 feet.

Current weather

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

34m ago
Temp
74°F
Wind
4 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHKY 270353Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP115 T02330228 $

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
74% of ops
46 land · 0 TO
17
24% of ops
15 land · 16 TO
35A
2% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
Runway 35 carries 74% of operations (46 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

35 46 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 46 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 · 39 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 12pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (1.8 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 38 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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