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📍 Galax Hillsville⬆ 2,693 ft1 runways

KHLX ·

Twin County Airport

36.76610°N

-80.82360°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 33.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 47.1%

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

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago

Temp

68°F

Wind

5 kts

120°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KHLX 120315Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3011 RMK AO2

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

85% of ops

40 land · 4 TO

15% of ops

7 land · 0 TO

Runway 19 carries 85% of operations (40 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

19 40 landings

UA 0%

01 7 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 19 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 40 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

2.7

flights/day · 81 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 6pm · 2pm

Day vs night

73%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.6 vs 3.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 71 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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