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KDCM ·
Chester Catawba Regional Airport
34.78930°N
-81.19580°W
ARR / DAY
8
▲
5.9%
DEP / DAY
5
▼
8.3%
Chester Catawba Regional Airport (KDCM) is a small general aviation airport located in Chester, SC, 36 mi south west of Charlotte. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
3 installed
05/23
4,998 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
11/29
4,982 ft × 100
ASP○ unlitCLOSED
17/35
5,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
17
44% of ops
94 land · 11 TO
23
32% of ops
68 land · 30 TO
05
15% of ops
31 land · 5 TO
35
9% of ops
19 land · 6 TO
Runway 17 carries 44% of operations (94 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 32%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
17
94 landings
UA 3%
23
68 landings
UA 1%
05
31 landings
UA 0%
35
19 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 94 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
10.2
flights/day · 305 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.700 | — |
| APCH | 120.050 | — |
| APCH | 307.800 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.700 | — |
| AWOS | 120.975 | — |
| RASLN ST | 126.150 | — |
| OTHER | 126.150 | — |
| JOOLS ST | 135.600 | — |
| OTHER | 135.600 | — |
| RASLN ST | 282.325 | — |
| OTHER | 282.325 | — |
| JOOLS ST | 377.150 | — |
| OTHER | 377.150 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZTL
- Mag var:
- 6° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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