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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KDAA, 29 mi away (VA42 does not publish METAR)

34m ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

3 kts

230°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KDAA 270755Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM SCT060 BKN090 23/19 A2980 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SW SLP093 T02260187 $

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

77% of ops

199 land · 22 TO

23% of ops

61 land · 6 TO

Runway 09 carries 77% of operations (199 landings, 22 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

09 199 landings

UA 19%

27 61 landings

UA 15%

Approaches to 09 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (37 UA events from 199 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

3.9

flights/day · 118 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 2pm · 5pm

Day vs night

79%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 3.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (4.9 vs 3.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 103 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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