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K3J1 ·

Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport

32.49270°N
-80.99230°W
ARR / DAY
3
33.3%
DEP / DAY
4
3.4%

Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport (K3J1) is a small general aviation airport located in Ridgeland, SC, 29 mi north of Savannah. It features 1 runway measuring 4,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K3J1 261510Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM SCT090 29/24 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND SE

Runways

1 installed

4,200 FT MAX
36/18
4,200 ft × 75
ASPH-F● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

36
70% of ops
59 land · 11 TO
18
30% of ops
25 land · 28 TO
Runway 36 carries 70% of operations (59 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

36 59 landings
UA 2%
18 25 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 36 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 59 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
6.8
flights/day · 203 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 2pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 6.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.5 vs 8.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 180 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075
UNICOM 123.075
AWOS 118.450
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 15:23 UTC