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St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field

38.73290°N
-89.80660°W
ARR / DAY
5
33.3%
DEP / DAY
3
7.7%

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 5 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KSAR, 41 mi away (K3K6 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
79°F
Wind
5 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSAR 221504Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM SCT110 26/23 A3003 RMK AO2

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
54% of ops
103 land · 81 TO
13
46% of ops
89 land · 64 TO
Runway 31 carries 54% of operations (103 landings, 81 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

31 103 landings
UA 11%
13 89 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 31 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 103 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
5.2
flights/day · 155 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–8pm local, averaging 5.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.5× weekday (9.4 vs 3.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 145 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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