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Chester Catawba Regional Airport

34.78930°N
-81.19580°W
ARR / DAY
2
83.6%
DEP / DAY
1
63.0%

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 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDCM 251635Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT012 BKN018 OVC070 25/22 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE

Runway intelligence

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

17
45% of ops
194 land · 10 TO
23
35% of ops
152 land · 10 TO
05
12% of ops
50 land · 24 TO
35
8% of ops
35 land · 8 TO
Runway 17 carries 45% of operations (194 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

17 194 landings
UA 0%
23 152 landings
UA 2%
05 50 landings
UA 0%
35 35 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 194 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
7.8
flights/day · 234 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 7.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (8.9 vs 7.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 199 flights). Top three types: , , .

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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:56 UTC