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KAKH ·

Gastonia Municipal Airport

35.20260°N
-81.14990°W
ARR / DAY
10
▼ 2.9%
DEP / DAY
15
▼ 0.9%

Gastonia Municipal Airport (KAKH) is a small general aviation airport located in Gastonia, NC, 17 mi west of Charlotte. It features 1 runway measuring 3,769 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 10 arrivals and 15 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

28m ago
Temp
45°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAKH 200454Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP254 T00670044 401940050

Runways

1 installed

3,769 FT MAX
03/21
3,769 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

03
64% of ops
230 land · 231 TO
21
36% of ops
127 land · 109 TO
Runway 03 carries 64% of operations (230 landings, 231 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

03 230 landings
UA 10%
21 127 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 03 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (22 UA events from 230 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
24.8
flights/day · 744 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 24.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (16.1 vs 29.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (45% of 579 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 120.050 —
APCH 257.200 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
ASOS 135.725 —
BARMY DP 120.050 —
KILNS DP 120.050 —
BEAVY DP 120.050 —
WEAZL DP 120.050 —
BOBZY DP 120.050 —
ESTRR DP 120.050 —
LILLS DP 120.050 —
ICONS DP 120.050 —
KWEEN DP 120.050 —
JOJJO DP 120.050 —
KRITR DP 120.050 —
KNIGHTS 120.050 —
KERMIT D 120.050 —
OTHER 120.050 —
RASLN ST 126.150 —
OTHER 126.150 —
CD/P 127.200 —
OTHER 127.200 —
JOOLS ST 135.600 —
OTHER 135.600 —
BARMY DP 257.200 —
KERMIT D 257.200 —
KILNS DP 257.200 —
KNIGHTS 257.200 —
JOJJO DP 257.200 —
ICONS DP 257.200 —
ESTRR DP 257.200 —
KWEEN DP 257.200 —
LILLS DP 257.200 —
BOBZY DP 257.200 —
BEAVY DP 257.200 —
OTHER 257.200 —
RASLN ST 282.325 —
OTHER 282.325 —
KRITR DP 307.800 —
WEAZL DP 307.800 —
OTHER 307.800 —
JOOLS ST 377.150 —
OTHER 377.150 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

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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