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KSCD ·
Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport
33.17180°N
-86.30550°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▲
0.0%
Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (KSCD) is a small general aviation airport located in Sylacauga, AL, 38 mi south east of Birmingham. It features 1 runway measuring 5,390 feet.
Safety incidents
Last 1 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
09/27
5,390 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
27
73% of ops
114 land · 24 TO
09
27% of ops
43 land · 50 TO
Runway 27 carries 73% of operations (114 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 27%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
27
114 landings
UA 2%
09
43 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 114 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
6.6
flights/day · 199 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 1pm · 4pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| APCH | 123.800 | — |
| APCH | 256.800 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| AWOS | 119.125 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZTL
- Mag var:
- 3° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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