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Sparta Community Hunter Field

38.14890°N
-89.69870°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼ 22.2%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 9.4%

Sparta Community Hunter Field (KSAR/SAR) is a small general aviation airport located in Sparta, IL, 43 mi south east of St. Louis. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSAR 280615Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3007 RMK AO2 T01660138

Runways

2 installed

4,001 FT MAX
09/27
2,450 ft × 135
GRS○ unlit
18/36
4,001 ft × 60
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
51% of ops
89 land · 64 TO
36
20% of ops
35 land · 36 TO
09
19% of ops
33 land · 1 TO
27
10% of ops
18 land · 5 TO
Runway 18 carries 51% of operations (89 landings, 64 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

18 89 landings
UA 2%
36 35 landings
UA 9%
09 33 landings
UA 9%
27 18 landings
UA 28%
Approaches to 18 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 89 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
7.8
flights/day · 235 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 7.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.1× weekday (13.1 vs 6.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

91 · 45%
21 · 10%
16 · 8%
12 · 6%
8 · 4%
8 · 4%
Activity is led by (45% of 202 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 125.200 —
APCH 281.500 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
AWOS 118.375 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL

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
N9351X
12/24/2022
Great airport! Great people!
I’ve been based here for years. Scott, the airport manager, and his crew do a fantastic job. There are 2 full time a&p’s on site. Flight training , fuel, or service on your plane - they can take care of it.
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