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Avery County Morrison Field

35.94460°N
-81.99570°W
ARR / DAY
0
33.3%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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

35A
49% of ops
22 land · 1 TO
35
44% of ops
20 land · 1 TO
17
4% of ops
2 land · 9 TO
17D
2% of ops
1 land · 8 TO
Runway 35A carries 49% of operations (22 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

35A 22 landings
UA 5%
35 20 landings
UA 0%
17 2 landings
UA 0%
17D 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35A show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 22 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
1.8
flights/day · 53 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (2.1 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (11% of 44 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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