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Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field

34.39940°N
-86.27020°W
ARR / DAY
5
29.6%
DEP / DAY
6
40.9%

Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field (K8A1) is a small general aviation airport located in Guntersville, AL, 29 mi south east of Huntsville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K8A1 022255Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 35/22 A3001 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

25
36% of ops
103 land · 24 TO
07
28% of ops
81 land · 33 TO
03
20% of ops
57 land · 30 TO
21
15% of ops
44 land · 22 TO
Runway 25 carries 36% of operations (103 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

25 103 landings
UA 0%
07 81 landings
UA 0%
03 57 landings
UA 0%
21 44 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 25 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 103 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
11.8
flights/day · 354 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 11.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (15.9 vs 10.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 278 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 125.600
APCH 354.100
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 121.125
HUNTSVIL 120.800
OTHER 120.800
HUNTSVIL 307.000
OTHER 307.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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