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KDCM ·
Chester Catawba Regional Airport
34.78930°N
-81.19580°W
ARR / DAY
8
▲
3.6%
DEP / DAY
6
▲
17.6%
Chester Catawba Regional Airport (KDCM) is a small general aviation airport located in Chester, SC, 36 mi south west of Charlotte. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
61°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
3 installed
05/23
4,998 ft × 150
ASP○ unlit
11/29
4,982 ft × 100
ASP○ unlitCLOSED
17/35
5,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
17
40% of ops
89 land · 11 TO
23
22% of ops
49 land · 70 TO
35
19% of ops
42 land · 4 TO
05
18% of ops
40 land · 6 TO
Runway 17 carries 40% of operations (89 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 22%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
17
89 landings
UA 7%
23
49 landings
UA 2%
35
42 landings
UA 0%
05
40 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 89 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
11.3
flights/day · 340 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.700 | — |
| APCH | 120.050 | — |
| APCH | 307.800 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.700 | — |
| AWOS | 120.975 | — |
| RASLN ST | 126.150 | — |
| OTHER | 126.150 | — |
| JOOLS ST | 135.600 | — |
| OTHER | 135.600 | — |
| RASLN ST | 282.325 | — |
| OTHER | 282.325 | — |
| JOOLS ST | 377.150 | — |
| OTHER | 377.150 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZTL
- Mag var:
- 6° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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