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Thomas C Russell Field

32.91470°N
-85.96300°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
4 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KALX 042335Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM 34/21 A2995 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,425 FT MAX
18/36
5,425 ft × 96
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

18
53% of ops
199 land · 124 TO
36
47% of ops
176 land · 213 TO
Runway 18 carries 53% of operations (199 landings, 124 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

18 199 landings
UA 4%
36 176 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 18 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 199 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
17.3
flights/day · 520 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 17.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (16.1 vs 18.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (55% of 427 flights). Top three types: , , .
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