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Thomas C Russell Field

32.91470°N
-85.96300°W
ARR / DAY
0
9.2%
DEP / DAY
0
15.1%

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

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

Runway intelligence

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

18
52% of ops
202 land · 132 TO
36
48% of ops
184 land · 215 TO
Runway 18 carries 52% of operations (202 landings, 132 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

18 202 landings
UA 4%
36 184 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 18 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 202 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
18.0
flights/day · 540 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 18.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (16.1 vs 19.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (55% of 445 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 121.200
APCH 269.050
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 118.325
OTHER 120.450
COLUMBUS 120.450
OTHER 298.850
COLUMBUS 298.850
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL
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