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📍 Fredericksburg⬆ 85 ft2 runways
KEZF ·

Shannon Airport

38.26680°N
-77.44920°W
ARR / DAY
8
▼ 51.2%
DEP / DAY
9
▼ 56.3%

Shannon Airport (KEZF) is a small general aviation airport located in Fredericksburg, VA, 43 mi south west of Alexandria. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,910 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
9 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KEZF 112035Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A2981 RMK AO2 T02160072

Runway intelligence

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

06
48% of ops
236 land · 174 TO
24
34% of ops
166 land · 257 TO
15
14% of ops
67 land · 4 TO
33
4% of ops
19 land · 9 TO
Runway 06 carries 48% of operations (236 landings, 174 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

06 236 landings
UA 6%
24 166 landings
UA 5%
15 67 landings
UA 9%
33 19 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 06 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 236 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
25.1
flights/day · 752 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 25.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (36.9 vs 21.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 621 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 127.050 —
APCH 128.525 —
APCH 290.375 —
APCH 306.925 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 128.125 —
OTHER 120.450 —
TIKEE ST 120.450 —
OTHER 126.750 —
TRSTN ST 126.750 —
OTHER 128.525 —
HYPER ST 133.000 —
OTHER 133.000 —
OTHER 135.075 —
APT REMA 135.075 —
OTHER 237.000 —
EZF NDB 237.000 —
HYPER ST 288.350 —
OTHER 288.350 —
OTHER 306.925 —
TIKEE ST 306.925 —
OTHER 307.200 —
TRSTN ST 307.200 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
85 ft
Mag var:
10° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Pilot_1975
9/16/2014
Short
Caught some "attitude" here from more than a few people. Wasn't as friendly as I would have liked.
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