📍 South Boston⬆ 420 ft2 runways
KW78 ·
William M Tuck Airport
36.71000°N
-78.84800°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
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.
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
50% of ops
108 land · 89 TO
19
26% of ops
56 land · 62 TO
23
12% of ops
26 land · 0 TO
05
11% of ops
24 land · 3 TO
Runway 01 carries 50% of operations (108 landings, 89 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 26%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
01
108 landings
UA 4%
19
56 landings
UA 5%
23
26 landings
UA 12%
05
24 landings
UA 29%
Approaches to 01 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 108 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
3.6
flights/day · 109 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
68%
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
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