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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 37.5%

DEP / DAY

▲ 7.7%

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 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KOFP, 45 mi away (VA42 does not publish METAR)

just now

Temp

81°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KOFP 312354Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02670228 10333 20267 52004

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

75% of ops

138 land · 30 TO

25% of ops

45 land · 6 TO

Runway 09 carries 75% of operations (138 landings, 30 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

09 138 landings

UA 15%

27 45 landings

UA 29%

Approaches to 09 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 138 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

5.3

flights/day · 158 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 4pm · 1pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (6.1 vs 5.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 141 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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