📍 South Boston⬆ 420 ft2 runways
KW78 ·
William M Tuck Airport
36.71000°N
-78.84800°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
20.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▼
26.1%
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 2 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
4828 m
Ceil
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Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
01
47% of ops
54 land · 49 TO
19
27% of ops
31 land · 24 TO
23
15% of ops
17 land · 2 TO
05
11% of ops
13 land · 1 TO
Runway 01 carries 47% of operations (54 landings, 49 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 27%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
01
54 landings
UA 2%
19
31 landings
UA 10%
23
17 landings
UA 6%
05
13 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 01 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 54 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
4.6
flights/day · 139 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 1pm · 8pm
Day vs night
64%
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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