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📍 Sparta⬆ 775 ft1 runways

8D4 ·

Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport

43.12740°N

-85.67920°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 35.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 22.0%

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 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

20m ago

Temp

86°F

Wind

6 kts

290°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGRR 022253Z 29006KT 9SM BKN100 BKN250 30/21 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP118 T03000211

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

51% of ops

137 land · 57 TO

49% of ops

134 land · 109 TO

Runway 07 carries 51% of operations (137 landings, 57 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

07 137 landings

UA 4%

25 134 landings

UA 4%

Approaches to 07 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 137 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

12.3

flights/day · 369 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 2pm · 9pm

Day vs night

66%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 12.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (8.8 vs 14.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 287 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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