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K8W2 ·

New Market Airport

38.65570°N
-78.70810°W
ARR / DAY
2
66.7%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

New Market Airport (K8W2) is a small general aviation airport located in New Market, VA, 88 mi west of Arlington. It features 1 runway measuring 2,920 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K8W2 271015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3000 RMK AO1 T01850180

Runways

1 installed

2,920 FT MAX
06/24
2,920 ft × 60
ASP● LITNSTD

Runway intelligence

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

24
92% of ops
48 land · 1 TO
06
8% of ops
4 land · 10 TO
Runway 24 carries 92% of operations (48 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 8%.

Approach quality

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

24 48 landings
UA 0%
06 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 48 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
2.4
flights/day · 71 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (1.6 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 62 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.175
BUCKS EL 133.200
OTHER 133.200
BUCKS EL 282.200
OTHER 282.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
10° W
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Soulie
07/26/2007
New Market
No ATIS/AWOS,and the wind sock is hard to see from the air. Caution for rising terrain around the runway. Otherwise just a sleepy rural airport.
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