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Avery County Morrison Field

35.94460°N
-81.99570°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
0.0%

Avery County Morrison Field (K7A8) is a small general aviation airport located in Spruce Pine, NC, 82 mi north west of Charlotte. It features 1 runway measuring 3,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KHKY, 37 mi away (K7A8 does not publish METAR)

55m ago
Temp
94°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHKY 031953Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW060 34/21 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP150 T03440206

Runways

1 installed

3,001 FT MAX
17D/35A
3,001 ft × 60
ASPH-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

35
51% of ops
20 land · 1 TO
35A
41% of ops
16 land · 1 TO
17
5% of ops
2 land · 9 TO
17D
3% of ops
1 land · 8 TO
Runway 35 carries 51% of operations (20 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35A at 41%.

Approach quality

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

35 20 landings
UA 0%
35A 16 landings
UA 0%
17 2 landings
UA 0%
17D 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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
1.5
flights/day · 45 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (1.8 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 39 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
HICKORY 125.150
OTHER 125.150
HICKORY 263.000
OTHER 263.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+
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