📍 South Boston⬆ 420 ft2 runways
KW78 ·
William M Tuck Airport
36.71000°N
-78.84800°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼
75.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼
67.7%
William M Tuck Airport (KW78) is a small general aviation airport located in South Boston, VA, 49 mi north of Durham. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,011 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
01
35% of ops
89 land · 55 TO
19
30% of ops
76 land · 87 TO
05
27% of ops
70 land · 2 TO
23
8% of ops
21 land · 12 TO
Runway 01 carries 35% of operations (89 landings, 55 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 30%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
01
89 landings
UA 0%
19
76 landings
UA 5%
05
70 landings
UA 26%
23
21 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 01 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 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
4.5
flights/day · 136 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 12am · 12pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| AWOS | 119.425 | — |
| SOUTH BO | 124.050 | — |
| OTHER | 124.050 | — |
| SOUTH BO | 352.000 | — |
| OTHER | 352.000 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZDC
- Mag var:
- 8° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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