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KZEF ·

Elkin Municipal Airport

36.28000°N

-80.78610°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 88.9%

DEP / DAY

▼ 88.9%

Elkin Municipal Airport (KZEF) is a small general aviation airport located in Elkin, NC, 33 mi north west of Winston-Salem. It features 1 runway measuring 4,001 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KINT, 33 mi away (KZEF does not publish METAR)

48m ago

Temp

75°F

Wind

3 kts

80°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KINT 252154Z 08003KT 10SM BKN022 24/19 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02390194

Runways

1 installed

4,001 FT MAX

07/25

4,001 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

64% of ops

127 land · 43 TO

36% of ops

70 land · 44 TO

Runway 07 carries 64% of operations (127 landings, 43 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 36%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

07 127 landings

UA 0%

25 70 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 07 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 127 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

5.0

flights/day · 150 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 2pm · 1pm

Day vs night

80%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 5.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (4.2 vs 5.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (18% of 113 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.050	—
UNICOM	123.050	—
HICKORY	125.150	—
OTHER	125.150	—
HICKORY	263.000	—
OTHER	263.000	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Mag var:: 8° W
Fuel:: 100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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