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Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field

34.39940°N
-86.27020°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
34.6%

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 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K8A1 241955Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM VCTS FEW042 FEW055 28/27 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE-SW

Runway intelligence

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

25
35% of ops
108 land · 53 TO
07
30% of ops
94 land · 54 TO
03
24% of ops
76 land · 23 TO
21
11% of ops
34 land · 42 TO
Runway 25 carries 35% of operations (108 landings, 53 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

25 108 landings
UA 0%
07 94 landings
UA 0%
03 76 landings
UA 0%
21 34 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 25 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 108 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
7.4
flights/day · 222 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 7.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (8.0 vs 7.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 169 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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