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Pryor Field Regional Airport

34.65270°N
-86.94540°W
ARR / DAY
0
96.0%
DEP / DAY
0
94.2%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
4 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDCU 260753Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM SCT017 BKN055 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02390233

Runways

1 installed

6,107 FT MAX
18/36
6,107 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

18
53% of ops
169 land · 131 TO
36
47% of ops
151 land · 134 TO
Runway 18 carries 53% of operations (169 landings, 131 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

18 169 landings
UA 4%
36 151 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 18 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 169 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
8.9
flights/day · 266 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 8.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (8.5 vs 9.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (11% of 193 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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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