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Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport

43.12740°N
-85.67920°W
ARR / DAY
3
52.2%
DEP / DAY
4
42.9%

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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

37m ago
Temp
76°F
Wind
9 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KGRR 291453Z 22009KT 10SM FEW050 BKN250 24/16 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP215 T02440161 51006 $

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
53% of ops
111 land · 42 TO
25
47% of ops
99 land · 108 TO
Runway 07 carries 53% of operations (111 landings, 42 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

07 111 landings
UA 5%
25 99 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 07 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 111 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
12.9
flights/day · 386 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 12.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (8.9 vs 15.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 304 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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