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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 70.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 38.5%

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

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

73% of ops

102 land · 10 TO

27% of ops

37 land · 6 TO

Runway 09 carries 73% of operations (102 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

09 102 landings

UA 14%

27 37 landings

UA 14%

Approaches to 09 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 102 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

5.4

flights/day · 162 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 5pm · 2pm

Day vs night

80%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 5.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (6.8 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 138 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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