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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 41.2%

DEP / DAY

▼ 12.5%

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 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 KHWY, 21 mi away (VA42 does not publish METAR)

47m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

4 kts

50°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KHWY 071515Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 25/14 A3020 RMK AO2 T02520137

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

76% of ops

140 land · 34 TO

24% of ops

45 land · 7 TO

Runway 09 carries 76% of operations (140 landings, 34 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

09 140 landings

UA 17%

27 45 landings

UA 24%

Approaches to 09 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (24 UA events from 140 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

5.1

flights/day · 154 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 4pm · 2pm

Day vs night

77%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 5.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (6.5 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 137 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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