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Dauphin Island Airport

30.26050°N
-88.12750°W
ARR / DAY
0
50.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
12/30
3,000 ft × 80
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

12
51% of ops
44 land · 8 TO
30
49% of ops
43 land · 13 TO
Runway 12 carries 51% of operations (44 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

12 44 landings
UA 2%
30 43 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 12 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 44 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
3.8
flights/day · 115 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.1 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 110 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Mag var:
2° E

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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jwbruce
09/05/2012
great for a daytrip
a short five minute walk from the airport to a sugar-white sand public beach. Local restaurants will pick you up at the airport. 4R9 is a great day-trip or weekend getaway air strip. Just remember that there is no fuel or any services here at all. The strip is bit short and short final to RWY12 looks like you are about to land on a carrier. But that is the charm of 4R9 I guess.
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