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KDCU · DCU
Pryor Field Regional Airport
34.65270°N
-86.94540°W
ARR / DAY
9
▼
3.1%
DEP / DAY
14
▲
13.1%
Pryor Field Regional Airport (KDCU/DCU) is a small general aviation airport located in Decatur, AL, 21 mi west of Huntsville. It features 1 runway measuring 6,107 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 14 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
45°F
Wind
3 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
18/36
6,107 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
36
55% of ops
170 land · 67 TO
18
45% of ops
138 land · 120 TO
Runway 36 carries 55% of operations (170 landings, 67 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 45%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
36
170 landings
UA 6%
18
138 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 36 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 170 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
21.3
flights/day · 638 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-10-29| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.075 | — |
| APCH | 118.050 | — |
| APCH | 239.000 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.075 | — |
| ASOS | 118.375 | — |
| HUNTSVIL | 120.800 | — |
| OTHER | 120.800 | — |
| DECATUR | 122.600 | — |
| OTHER | 122.600 | — |
| HUNTSVIL | 307.000 | — |
| OTHER | 307.000 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZME
- Elevation:
- 592 ft
- Mag var:
- 4° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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