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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 47.8%

DEP / DAY

▼ 20.0%

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 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KNYG, 13 mi away (VA42 does not publish METAR)

57m ago

Temp

88°F

Wind

10 kts

210°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNYG 282056Z 21010G23KT 7SM BKN075 31/19 A2957 RMK AO2 SLP014 T03110194 56016

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

72% of ops

88 land · 10 TO

28% of ops

35 land · 4 TO

Runway 09 carries 72% of operations (88 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

09 88 landings

UA 14%

27 35 landings

UA 11%

Approaches to 09 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 88 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

5.2

flights/day · 155 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 5pm · 2pm

Day vs night

81%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 5.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (6.8 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 132 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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