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Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport

43.12740°N
-85.67920°W
ARR / DAY
4
43.1%
DEP / DAY
5
33.9%

Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport (8D4) is a small general aviation airport located in Sparta, MI. It features 1 runway measuring 4,033 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KGRR, 19 mi away (8D4 does not publish METAR)

23m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
7 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KGRR 250053Z 27007KT 10SM FEW040 SCT250 19/12 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01890122 $

Runways

1 installed

4,033 FT MAX
07/25
4,033 ft × 75
ASPH-G● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

07
54% of ops
125 land · 56 TO
25
46% of ops
106 land · 111 TO
Runway 07 carries 54% of operations (125 landings, 56 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

07 125 landings
UA 6%
25 106 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 07 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 125 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
13.8
flights/day · 414 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 9pm · 2pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 13.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (10.4 vs 15.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 328 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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