Sparta Community Hunter Field satellite view

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KSAR · SAR

Sparta Community Hunter Field

38.14890°N

-89.69870°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 1.9%

DEP / DAY

▼ 18.5%

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 7 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now

Temp

79°F

Wind

5 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KSAR 221504Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM SCT110 26/23 A3003 RMK AO2

Runways

2 installed

4,001 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

55% of ops

192 land · 115 TO

28% of ops

97 land · 143 TO

15% of ops

52 land · 5 TO

3% of ops

10 land · 8 TO

Runway 18 carries 55% of operations (192 landings, 115 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

18 192 landings

UA 3%

36 97 landings

UA 2%

09 52 landings

UA 15%

27 10 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 18 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 192 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

10.3

flights/day · 310 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 4pm · 5pm

Day vs night

64%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 10.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (11.0 vs 10.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 255 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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