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St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field

38.73290°N
-89.80660°W
ARR / DAY
4
29.2%
DEP / DAY
4
8.0%

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

Current weather

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

1h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBLV 030955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02400236 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
53% of ops
106 land · 80 TO
13
47% of ops
94 land · 70 TO
Runway 31 carries 53% of operations (106 landings, 80 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

31 106 landings
UA 11%
13 94 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 31 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 106 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
5.6
flights/day · 169 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 8pm · 3pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 5.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.1× weekday (9.4 vs 4.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 156 flights). Top three types: , , .

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
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