Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field Airfield satellite view

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1MS8 ·

Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field Airfield

32.94010°N

-88.57920°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 22.2%

DEP / DAY

▲ 10.0%

Columbus Air Force Base Aux Field Airfield (1MS8) is a small general aviation airport located in Shuqualak, MS, 62 mi west of Tuscaloosa. It features 1 runway measuring 6,302 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KGTR, 35 mi away (1MS8 does not publish METAR)

49m ago

Temp

32°F

Wind

9 kts

90°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGTR 041830Z AUTO 09009KT 10SM CLR 37/22 A2998 RMK T03700220 MADISHF

Runways

1 installed

6,302 FT MAX

13/31

6,302 ft × 150

ASPH-CONC○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

97% of ops

57 land · 2 TO

3% of ops

2 land · 4 TO

Runway 13 carries 97% of operations (57 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 3%.

Approach quality

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

13 57 landings

UA 0%

31 2 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 57 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

2.6

flights/day · 79 total

Busy hour (local)

8pm

also 5pm · 6pm

Day vs night

63%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.6 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 78 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.700	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZME
Mag var:: 2° E

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