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KAKQ ·

Wakefield Municipal Airport

36.98720°N
-77.00110°W
ARR / DAY
0
50.0%
DEP / DAY
0
57.1%

Wakefield Municipal Airport (KAKQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Wakefield, VA, 32 mi west of Newport News. It features 1 runway measuring 4,337 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
3 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAKQ 110954Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM BKN100 23/21 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02280206

Runways

1 installed

4,337 FT MAX
02/20
4,337 ft × 75
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

20
50% of ops
13 land · 2 TO
21
38% of ops
10 land · 1 TO
02
8% of ops
2 land · 1 TO
03
4% of ops
1 land · 2 TO
Runway 20 carries 50% of operations (13 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

20 13 landings
UA 0%
21 10 landings
UA 0%
02 2 landings
UA 0%
03 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 20 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 13 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
1.5
flights/day · 45 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–10pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.1 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (56% of 45 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.900
APCH 269.425
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 128.325
KOHLS ST 118.900
OTHER 118.900
AKQ NDB 274.000
OTHER 274.000
KOHLS ST 353.700
OTHER 353.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
11° W
Fuel:
100LL
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