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Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport

33.17180°N
-86.30550°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
7 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSCD 080755Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3012 RMK AO2 T02460225

Runways

1 installed

5,390 FT MAX
09/27
5,390 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
74% of ops
134 land · 27 TO
09
26% of ops
47 land · 58 TO
Runway 27 carries 74% of operations (134 landings, 27 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

27 134 landings
UA 1%
09 47 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 134 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
7.4
flights/day · 221 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 7.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (8.2 vs 7.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 191 flights). Top three types: , , .

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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