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Scottsboro Municipal Word Field

34.68870°N
-86.00590°W
ARR / DAY
1
100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
25.0%

Scottsboro Municipal Word Field (K4A6) is a small general aviation airport located in Scottsboro, AL, 33 mi east of Huntsville. It features 1 runway measuring 5,240 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K4A6 280835Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 21/21 A3001 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,240 FT MAX
04/22
5,240 ft × 80
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

22
59% of ops
23 land · 10 TO
04
41% of ops
16 land · 10 TO
Runway 22 carries 59% of operations (23 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

22 23 landings
UA 0%
04 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 23 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
2.2
flights/day · 67 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.8 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 63 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 120.125
GADSDEN 124.500
OTHER 124.500
GADSDEN 270.325
OTHER 270.325
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL
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