📍 South Boston⬆ 420 ft2 runways
KW78 ·
William M Tuck Airport
36.71000°N
-78.84800°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
4.3%
DEP / DAY
3
▼
19.2%
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 3 arrivals and 3 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
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
01
46% of ops
46 land · 42 TO
05
26% of ops
26 land · 3 TO
19
24% of ops
24 land · 17 TO
23
4% of ops
4 land · 10 TO
Runway 01 carries 46% of operations (46 landings, 42 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 26%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
01
46 landings
UA 9%
05
26 landings
UA 31%
19
24 landings
UA 0%
23
4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 01 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 46 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
5.6
flights/day · 169 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 9pm · 3pm
Day vs night
66%
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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