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📍 Galax Hillsville⬆ 2,693 ft1 runways

KHLX ·

Twin County Airport

36.76610°N

-80.82360°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 42.9%

DEP / DAY

▲ 23.1%

Twin County Airport (KHLX) is a small general aviation airport located in Galax Hillsville, VA, 56 mi north west of Winston-Salem. It features 1 runway measuring 4,204 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

8 kts

130°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KHLX 062135Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM SCT020 BKN027 BKN035 25/20 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N

Runways

1 installed

4,204 FT MAX

01/19

4,204 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

83% of ops

34 land · 2 TO

17% of ops

7 land · 0 TO

Runway 19 carries 83% of operations (34 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

19 34 landings

UA 0%

01 7 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 19 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 34 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

2.3

flights/day · 69 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 7pm · 2pm

Day vs night

72%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.9 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 63 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
APCH	126.000	—
APCH	339.800	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
AWOS	118.375	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZDC
Mag var:: 8° W
Fuel:: 100LL, A+

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