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Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field

34.39940°N
-86.27020°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
5 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K8A1 271315Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2996 RMK AO2 PRESRR

Runway intelligence

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

25
39% of ops
102 land · 50 TO
07
28% of ops
73 land · 48 TO
03
22% of ops
58 land · 17 TO
21
11% of ops
28 land · 36 TO
Runway 25 carries 39% of operations (102 landings, 50 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

25 102 landings
UA 0%
07 73 landings
UA 0%
03 58 landings
UA 0%
21 28 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 25 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 102 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
6.3
flights/day · 188 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (7.1 vs 6.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 145 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

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