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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 123.5%

DEP / DAY

▲ 62.5%

Dogwood Airpark (VA42) is a small general aviation airport located in Fredericksburg, VA, 38 mi south west of Alexandria. It features 1 runway measuring 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KIAD, 40 mi away (VA42 does not publish METAR)

34m ago

Temp

86°F

Wind

10 kts

210°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KIAD 301852Z 21010KT 10SM FEW040 SCT120 SCT250 30/21 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP191 T03000211 $

Runways

1 installed

4,100 FT MAX

09/27

4,100 ft × 50

ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

71% of ops

74 land · 16 TO

29% of ops

30 land · 4 TO

Runway 09 carries 71% of operations (74 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

09 74 landings

UA 16%

27 30 landings

UA 40%

Approaches to 09 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 74 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

4.4

flights/day · 132 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 3pm · 4pm

Day vs night

73%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 4.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (5.8 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 116 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.725	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZDC
Mag var:: 9° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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