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K3K6 ·

St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field

38.73290°N
-89.80660°W
ARR / DAY
4
13.6%
DEP / DAY
3
33.3%

St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field (K3K6) is a small general aviation airport located in St Jacob, IL, 22 mi east of St. Louis. It features 1 runway measuring 2,662 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBLV, 13 mi away (K3K6 does not publish METAR)

36m ago
Temp
65°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBLV 250755Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 19/18 A3005 RMK AO2A SLP176 T01850178 RVRNO VISNO RWY32L $

Runways

1 installed

2,662 FT MAX
13/31
2,662 ft × 50
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

31
52% of ops
66 land · 55 TO
13
48% of ops
62 land · 35 TO
Runway 31 carries 52% of operations (66 landings, 55 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

31 66 landings
UA 12%
13 62 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 31 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 66 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
5.4
flights/day · 163 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 1pm · 8pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 5.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (7.4 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 150 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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