📍 South Boston⬆ 420 ft2 runways
KW78 ·
William M Tuck Airport
36.71000°N
-78.84800°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲
0.0%
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 0 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.
Safety incidents
Last 1 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
59°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
19
36% of ops
52 land · 19 TO
01
31% of ops
44 land · 53 TO
05
28% of ops
41 land · 6 TO
23
5% of ops
7 land · 15 TO
Runway 19 carries 36% of operations (52 landings, 19 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 31%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
19
52 landings
UA 10%
01
44 landings
UA 0%
05
41 landings
UA 24%
23
7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 19 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 52 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
6.3
flights/day · 190 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 11pm · 3pm
Day vs night
65%
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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