Sparta Community Hunter Field satellite view

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KSAR · SAR

Sparta Community Hunter Field

38.14890°N

-89.69870°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 210.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 124.0%

Sparta Community Hunter Field (KSAR/SAR) is a small general aviation airport located in Sparta, IL, 43 mi south east of St. Louis. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KBLV, 28 mi away (KSAR does not publish METAR)

34m ago

Temp

90°F

Wind

8 kts

280°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KBLV 181555Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM SCT035 32/25 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 T03220250 $

Runways

2 installed

4,002 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

32% of ops

161 land · 50 TO

28% of ops

138 land · 19 TO

26% of ops

128 land · 139 TO

14% of ops

72 land · 11 TO

Runway 18 carries 32% of operations (161 landings, 50 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

18 161 landings

UA 7%

09 138 landings

UA 8%

36 128 landings

UA 2%

27 72 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 18 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 161 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

7.8

flights/day · 234 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 3pm · 2pm

Day vs night

68%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 7.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (2.9 vs 10.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 187 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.075	—
APCH	125.200	—
APCH	281.500	—
UNICOM	123.075	—
AWOS	118.375	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZKC
Mag var:: 1° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

N9351X

12/24/2022

Great airport! Great people!

I’ve been based here for years. Scott, the airport manager, and his crew do a fantastic job. There are 2 full time a&p’s on site. Flight training , fuel, or service on your plane - they can take care of it.

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