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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 135.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 42.9%

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)

35m ago

Temp

82°F

Wind

10 kts

150°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNYG 161756Z 15010KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP277 T02780183 10278 20183 58017 $

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

81% of ops

130 land · 24 TO

19% of ops

31 land · 6 TO

Runway 09 carries 81% of operations (130 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

09 130 landings

UA 12%

27 31 landings

UA 39%

Approaches to 09 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 130 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 · 159 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 4pm · 1pm

Day vs night

73%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (5.8 vs 5.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% 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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