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Sparta Community Hunter Field

38.14890°N
-89.69870°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 98.5%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 98.4%

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 4,002 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

From KBLV, 28 mi away (KSAR does not publish METAR)

27m ago
Temp
96°F
Wind
8 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBLV 261855Z 25008KT 10SM SCT030 35/30 A2989 RMK AO2A SLP119 T03530296 $

Runways

2 installed

4,002 FT MAX
09/27
2,958 ft × 110
GRS○ unlit
18/36
4,002 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
34% of ops
129 land · 47 TO
36
31% of ops
117 land · 140 TO
09
23% of ops
89 land · 20 TO
27
13% of ops
48 land · 11 TO
Runway 18 carries 34% of operations (129 landings, 47 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

18 129 landings
UA 9%
36 117 landings
UA 3%
09 89 landings
UA 12%
27 48 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 129 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
6.8
flights/day · 205 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 6.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (3.0 vs 8.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

57 · 33%
25 · 14%
13 · 8%
9 · 5%
8 · 5%
6 · 3%
Activity is led by (33% of 173 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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