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K24A ·

Jackson County Airport

35.31740°N
-83.20990°W
ARR / DAY
1
40.0%
DEP / DAY
1
53.8%

Jackson County Airport (K24A) is a small general aviation airport located in Sylva, NC, 60 mi south east of Knoxville. It features 1 runway measuring 3,210 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
6 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K24A 022235Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM SCT048 SCT050 BKN120 29/20 A3020 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02910203

Runways

1 installed

3,210 FT MAX
15/33
3,210 ft × 60
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

15
73% of ops
33 land · 17 TO
33
27% of ops
12 land · 3 TO
Runway 15 carries 73% of operations (33 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

15 33 landings
UA 0%
33 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 15 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 33 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
1.9
flights/day · 57 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 8pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.6 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 52 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 118.900
MOUNT OG 134.800
OTHER 134.800
MOUNT OG 379.950
OTHER 379.950
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Elevation:
2,857 ft
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 17:43 UTC