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Barwick Lafayette Airport

34.68860°N
-85.29040°W
ARR / DAY
2
14.3%
DEP / DAY
2
45.8%

Barwick Lafayette Airport (K9A5) is a small general aviation airport located in Lafayette, GA, 25 mi south of Chattanooga. It features 1 runway measuring 4,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K9A5 290415Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT033 SCT041 SCT075 27/24 A2983 RMK AO2 T02700244

Runways

1 installed

4,999 FT MAX
02/20
4,999 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

20
68% of ops
71 land · 49 TO
02
32% of ops
34 land · 40 TO
Runway 20 carries 68% of operations (71 landings, 49 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

20 71 landings
UA 1%
02 34 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 20 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 71 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
4.4
flights/day · 133 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 12pm · 1pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 4.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (3.1 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 110 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 125.100
APCH 379.100
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.775
GADSDEN 124.500
OTHER 124.500
GADSDEN 270.325
OTHER 270.325
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 04:25 UTC