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Washington County Airport

37.92920°N
-90.73150°W
ARR / DAY
2
71.4%
DEP / DAY
2
27.3%

Washington County Airport (K8WC) is a small general aviation airport located in Potosi, MO, 56 mi south west of St. Louis. It features 1 runway measuring 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KFAM, 20 mi away (K8WC does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
88°F
Wind
6 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFAM 312356Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T03060222 10339 20306 55002 $

Runways

1 installed

4,000 FT MAX
02/20
4,000 ft × 60
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

20
75% of ops
56 land · 13 TO
02
25% of ops
19 land · 40 TO
Runway 20 carries 75% of operations (56 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

20 56 landings
UA 0%
02 19 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 20 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 56 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
4.1
flights/day · 122 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 10pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–10pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (4.2 vs 4.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 97 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
SAINT LO 128.350
OTHER 128.350
SAINT LO 284.675
OTHER 284.675
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Fuel:
100LL, A+
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