📍 Guntersville⬆ 615 ft2 runways
K8A1 ·
Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field
34.39940°N
-86.27020°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲
52.2%
DEP / DAY
5
▲
10.3%
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 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
95°F
Wind
7 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
2 installed
03/21
3,368 ft × 95
ASP● LITCLOSED
07/25
5,005 ft × 75
concrete○ unlitMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
07
38% of ops
92 land · 15 TO
25
33% of ops
81 land · 44 TO
03
16% of ops
39 land · 17 TO
21
13% of ops
32 land · 37 TO
Runway 07 carries 38% of operations (92 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 33%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
07
92 landings
UA 0%
25
81 landings
UA 0%
03
39 landings
UA 0%
21
32 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 07 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 92 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
8.8
flights/day · 264 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
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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