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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 70.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 23.1%

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)

41m ago

Temp

82°F

Wind

11 kts

350°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNYG 291456Z 35011G19KT 7SM SCT043 28/18 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP061 T02780178 53010 $

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

156 land · 13 TO

25% of ops

52 land · 8 TO

Runway 09 carries 75% of operations (156 landings, 13 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

09 156 landings

UA 15%

27 52 landings

UA 13%

Approaches to 09 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (24 UA events from 156 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

5.6

flights/day · 167 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 5pm · 4pm

Day vs night

80%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 5.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (6.9 vs 5.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 142 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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